#CAAD4D#CAAD4D

#CAAD4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD4D
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 61.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -0.65, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 52.02, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0052 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.12 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6421, 42.9816, 13.1753)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD4D #4D6ACA

analogous

#CA6F4D #CAAD4D #A9CA4D

triadic

#CAAD4D #4DCAAD #AD4DCA

tetradic

#CAAD4D #4DCA6F #4D6ACA #CA4DA9

square

#CAAD4D #4DCA6F #4D6ACA #CA4DA9

split-complementary

#CAAD4D #4DA9CA #6F4DCA

monochromatic

#796524 #A88C32 #CAAD4D #D8C37C #E6D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#CAAD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD4D

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD4D	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc582',
    500: '#caad4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad4d;
$custom-light: #ddc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75453,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD4D

secondary

#9FABD4

accent

#6CDD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD4D

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

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