#CAAD49#CAAD49

#CAAD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.123 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD49
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -0.91, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 53.79, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0064 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.123 93)
XYZ	xyz(40.5052, 42.9269, 12.4542)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD49 #4966CA

analogous

#CA6D49 #CAAD49 #A7CA49

triadic

#CAAD49 #49CAAD #AD49CA

tetradic

#CAAD49 #49CA6D #4966CA #CA49A7

square

#CAAD49 #49CA6D #4966CA #CA49A7

split-complementary

#CAAD49 #49A7CA #6D49CA

monochromatic

#766322 #A68B30 #CAAD49 #D8C278 #E6D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#CAAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD49

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD49	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)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.123 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc580',
    500: '#caad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad49;
$custom-light: #ddc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.512,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75412,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.42925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD49

secondary

#9CA8D3

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD49

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

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