#CAAD4B#CAAD4B

#CAAD4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD4B
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 62.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -0.78, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 52.91, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0058 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.121 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5726, 42.9538, 12.8091)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD4B #4B68CA

analogous

#CA6E4B #CAAD4B #A8CA4B

triadic

#CAAD4B #4BCAAD #AD4BCA

tetradic

#CAAD4B #4BCA6E #4B68CA #CA4BA8

square

#CAAD4B #4BCA6E #4B68CA #CA4BA8

split-complementary

#CAAD4B #4BA8CA #6E4BCA

monochromatic

#776423 #A78C31 #CAAD4B #D8C37A #E6D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#CAAD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD4B

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD4B	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)

#BEAA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc581',
    500: '#caad4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad4b;
$custom-light: #ddc581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75432,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD4B

secondary

#9DAAD3

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD4B

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

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