#CAAD4F#CAAD4F

#CAAD4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.118 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD4F
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 60.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -0.51, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 51.11, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0045 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.118 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7138, 43.0103, 13.5529)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD4F #4F6CCA

analogous

#CA704F #CAAD4F #A9CA4F

triadic

#CAAD4F #4FCAAD #AD4FCA

tetradic

#CAAD4F #4FCA70 #4F6CCA #CA4FA9

square

#CAAD4F #4FCA70 #4F6CCA #CA4FA9

split-complementary

#CAAD4F #4FA9CA #704FCA

monochromatic

#7A6625 #A98D33 #CAAD4F #D8C37E #E6D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#CAAD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD4F

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD4F	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)

#BEAA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.118 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc584',
    500: '#caad4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad4f;
$custom-light: #ddc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.854,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75475,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD4F

secondary

#A1ADD4

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD4F

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

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