#CAAD4E#CAAD4E

#CAAD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD4E
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -0.58, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 51.57, 90.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0049 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.119 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6777, 42.9959, 13.3627)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD4E #4E6BCA

analogous

#CA6F4E #CAAD4E #A9CA4E

triadic

#CAAD4E #4ECAAD #AD4ECA

tetradic

#CAAD4E #4ECA6F #4E6BCA #CA4EA9

square

#CAAD4E #4ECA6F #4E6BCA #CA4EA9

split-complementary

#CAAD4E #4EA9CA #6F4ECA

monochromatic

#796524 #A88D32 #CAAD4E #D8C37D #E6D9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#CAAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD4E

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD4E	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)

#BEAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc583',
    500: '#caad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad4e;
$custom-light: #ddc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.968,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75464,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD4E

secondary

#A0ACD4

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD4E

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

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