#CAAD48#CAAD48

#CAAD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.124 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD48
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -0.98, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 54.23, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0067 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.124 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4723, 42.9137, 12.2810)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD48 #4865CA

analogous

#CA6C48 #CAAD48 #A6CA48

triadic

#CAAD48 #48CAAD #AD48CA

tetradic

#CAAD48 #48CA6C #4865CA #CA48A6

square

#CAAD48 #48CA6C #4865CA #CA48A6

split-complementary

#CAAD48 #48A6CA #6C48CA

monochromatic

#766322 #A58B30 #CAAD48 #D8C277 #E5D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#CAAD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD48

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD48	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.124 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc57f',
    500: '#caad48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad48;
$custom-light: #ddc57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75402,
    "c": 0.12373,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD48

secondary

#9BA8D3

accent

#6BDE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD48

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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