#CAAD4A#CAAD4A

#CAAD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.122 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD4A
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -0.85, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 53.35, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0061 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.122 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5386, 42.9402, 12.6303)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD4A #4A67CA

analogous

#CA6D4A #CAAD4A #A7CA4A

triadic

#CAAD4A #4ACAAD #AD4ACA

tetradic

#CAAD4A #4ACA6D #4A67CA #CA4AA7

square

#CAAD4A #4ACA6D #4A67CA #CA4AA7

split-complementary

#CAAD4A #4AA7CA #6D4ACA

monochromatic

#776423 #A68C31 #CAAD4A #D8C279 #E6D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#CAAD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD4A

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD4A	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.122 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc581',
    500: '#caad4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad4a;
$custom-light: #ddc581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75422,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD4A

secondary

#9DA9D3

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD4A

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

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