#CAAD50#CAAD50

#CAAD50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.117 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD50
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -0.44, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 50.66, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0042 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.117 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7505, 43.0250, 13.7461)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD50 #506DCA

analogous

#CA7050 #CAAD50 #AACA50

triadic

#CAAD50 #50CAAD #AD50CA

tetradic

#CAAD50 #50CA70 #506DCA #CA50AA

square

#CAAD50 #50CA70 #506DCA #CA50AA

split-complementary

#CAAD50 #50AACA #7050CA

monochromatic

#7A6625 #A98D33 #CAAD50 #D8C37F #E6D9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#CAAD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD50

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD50	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)

#BEAA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.117 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc584',
    500: '#caad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad50;
$custom-light: #ddc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.738,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75486,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD50

secondary

#A1AED4

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD50

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

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