#CAAD53#CAAD53

#CAAD53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.115 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD53
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -0.23, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 49.28, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0032 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.115 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8638, 43.0703, 14.3429)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD53 #5370CA

analogous

#CA7153 #CAAD53 #ABCA53

triadic

#CAAD53 #53CAAD #AD53CA

tetradic

#CAAD53 #53CA71 #5370CA #CA53AB

square

#CAAD53 #53CA71 #5370CA #CA53AB

split-complementary

#CAAD53 #53ABCA #7153CA

monochromatic

#7C6726 #AB8E35 #CAAD53 #D8C382 #E7DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CAAD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD53

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD53	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#BEAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.115 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc586',
    500: '#caad53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad53;
$custom-light: #ddc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.378,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7552,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD53

secondary

#A4B0D5

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD53

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

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