#CAAC46#CAAC46

#CAAC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.125 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAC46
RGB	rgb(202, 172, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -0.57, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 54.81, 90.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0058 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.125 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2171, 42.5060, 11.8793)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAC46 #4664CA

analogous

#CA6A46 #CAAC46 #A6CA46

triadic

#CAAC46 #46CAAC #AC46CA

tetradic

#CAAC46 #46CA6A #4664CA #CA46A6

square

#CAAC46 #46CA6A #4664CA #CA46A6

split-complementary

#CAAC46 #46A6CA #6A46CA

monochromatic

#746121 #A4892F #CAAC46 #D8C176 #E5D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CAAC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CAAC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAC46

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAC46	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caac46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 172, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.125 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec47e',
    500: '#caac46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caac46;
$custom-light: #dec47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caac46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75177,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAC46

secondary

#9AA6D2

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAC46

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

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