#CAAD51#CAAD51

#CAAD51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.116 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD51
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -0.37, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 50.20, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0039 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.116 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7877, 43.0399, 13.9421)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD51 #516ECA

analogous

#CA7051 #CAAD51 #AACA51

triadic

#CAAD51 #51CAAD #AD51CA

tetradic

#CAAD51 #51CA70 #516ECA #CA51AA

square

#CAAD51 #51CA70 #516ECA #CA51AA

split-complementary

#CAAD51 #51AACA #7051CA

monochromatic

#7B6725 #AA8E34 #CAAD51 #D8C380 #E7D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CAAD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD51

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD51	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.116 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc585',
    500: '#caad51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad51;
$custom-light: #ddc585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.62,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75497,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD51

secondary

#A2AED5

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD51

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

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