#CAAA3E#CAAA3E

#CAAA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.129 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA3E
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 0.03, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 57.62, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.005 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.129 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6034, 41.6561, 10.5109)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA3E #3E5ECA

analogous

#CA643E #CAAA3E #A4CA3E

triadic

#CAAA3E #3ECAAA #AA3ECA

tetradic

#CAAA3E #3ECA64 #3E5ECA #CA3EA4

square

#CAAA3E #3ECA64 #3E5ECA #CA3EA4

split-complementary

#CAAA3E #3EA4CA #643ECA

monochromatic

#6F5D1F #9F852C #CAAA3E #D7BF6E #E4D49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CAAA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#CAAA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA3E

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA3E	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.129 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec279',
    500: '#caaa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa3e;
$custom-light: #dec279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74694,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA3E

secondary

#93A1D1

accent

#6AE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA3E

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

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