#CAAD52#CAAD52

#CAAD52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.115 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD52
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -0.30, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 49.74, 90.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0036 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.115 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8255, 43.0550, 14.1411)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD52 #526FCA

analogous

#CA7152 #CAAD52 #ABCA52

triadic

#CAAD52 #52CAAD #AD52CA

tetradic

#CAAD52 #52CA71 #526FCA #CA52AB

square

#CAAD52 #52CA71 #526FCA #CA52AB

split-complementary

#CAAD52 #52ABCA #7152CA

monochromatic

#7C6726 #AB8E34 #CAAD52 #D8C381 #E7D9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CAAD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CAAD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD52

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD52	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)

#BEAA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.115 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc586',
    500: '#caad52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad52;
$custom-light: #ddc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75508,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD52

secondary

#A3AFD5

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD52

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

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