#CAAC3E#CAAC3E

#CAAC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.131 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAC3E
RGB	rgb(202, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -1.03, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 58.16, 91.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0081 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.131 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9812, 42.4116, 10.6369)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAC3E #3E5CCA

analogous

#CA663E #CAAC3E #A2CA3E

triadic

#CAAC3E #3ECAAC #AC3ECA

tetradic

#CAAC3E #3ECA66 #3E5CCA #CA3EA2

square

#CAAC3E #3ECA66 #3E5CCA #CA3EA2

split-complementary

#CAAC3E #3EA2CA #663ECA

monochromatic

#6F5E1F #9F862C #CAAC3E #D7C16E #E4D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CAAC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#CAAC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAC3E

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAC3E	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.131 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec479',
    500: '#caac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caac3e;
$custom-light: #dec479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75105,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAC3E

secondary

#93A0D1

accent

#68E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAC3E

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

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