#CAAD56#CAAD56

#CAAD56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.112 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD56
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, 0.00, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 47.88, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0022 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.112 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9822, 43.1177, 14.9662)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD56 #5673CA

analogous

#CA7356 #CAAD56 #ADCA56

triadic

#CAAD56 #56CAAD #AD56CA

tetradic

#CAAD56 #56CA73 #5673CA #CA56AD

square

#CAAD56 #56CA73 #5673CA #CA56AD

split-complementary

#CAAD56 #56ADCA #7356CA

monochromatic

#7E6828 #AD8F36 #CAAD56 #D9C485 #E7DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#CAAD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD56

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD56	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)

#BDAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.112 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc588',
    500: '#caad56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad56;
$custom-light: #ddc588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75556,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD56

secondary

#A6B2D6

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD56

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

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