#CAAD4C#CAAD4C

#CAAD4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD4C
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 62.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -0.72, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 52.46, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0055 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.121 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6071, 42.9676, 12.9908)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD4C #4C69CA

analogous

#CA6E4C #CAAD4C #A8CA4C

triadic

#CAAD4C #4CCAAD #AD4CCA

tetradic

#CAAD4C #4CCA6E #4C69CA #CA4CA8

square

#CAAD4C #4CCA6E #4C69CA #CA4CA8

split-complementary

#CAAD4C #4CA8CA #6E4CCA

monochromatic

#786524 #A78C32 #CAAD4C #D8C37B #E6D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#CAAD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD4C

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD4C	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)

#BEAA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc582',
    500: '#caad4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad4c;
$custom-light: #ddc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75443,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD4C

secondary

#9EABD4

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD4C

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

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