#CAAC4E#CAAC4E

#CAAC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.118 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAC4E
RGB	rgb(202, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -0.05, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 51.27, 90.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0033 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.118 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4867, 42.6138, 13.2990)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAC4E #4E6CCA

analogous

#CA6E4E #CAAC4E #AACA4E

triadic

#CAAC4E #4ECAAC #AC4ECA

tetradic

#CAAC4E #4ECA6E #4E6CCA #CA4EAA

square

#CAAC4E #4ECA6E #4E6CCA #CA4EAA

split-complementary

#CAAC4E #4EAACA #6E4ECA

monochromatic

#796524 #A88C32 #CAAC4E #D8C27D #E6D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CAAC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#CAAC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAC4E

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAC4E	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.118 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc483',
    500: '#caac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caac4e;
$custom-light: #ddc483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75259,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAC4E

secondary

#A0ACD4

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAC4E

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

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