#CAAD55#CAAD55

#CAAD55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.113 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD55
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -0.08, 48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 48.35, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0026 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.113 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9421, 43.1017, 14.7555)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD55 #5572CA

analogous

#CA7355 #CAAD55 #ADCA55

triadic

#CAAD55 #55CAAD #AD55CA

tetradic

#CAAD55 #55CA73 #5572CA #CA55AD

square

#CAAD55 #55CA73 #5572CA #CA55AD

split-complementary

#CAAD55 #55ADCA #7355CA

monochromatic

#7D6827 #AC8F36 #CAAD55 #D9C484 #E7DAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#CAAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD55

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD55	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.113 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc587',
    500: '#caad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad55;
$custom-light: #ddc587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75544,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD55

secondary

#A5B1D5

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD55

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

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