#CAAC51#CAAC51

#CAAC51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.116 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAC51
RGB	rgb(202, 172, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, 0.16, 49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 49.90, 89.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0024 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.116 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5967, 42.6578, 13.8784)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAC51 #516FCA

analogous

#CA6F51 #CAAC51 #ABCA51

triadic

#CAAC51 #51CAAC #AC51CA

tetradic

#CAAC51 #51CA6F #516FCA #CA51AB

square

#CAAC51 #51CA6F #516FCA #CA51AB

split-complementary

#CAAC51 #51ABCA #6F51CA

monochromatic

#7B6625 #AA8D34 #CAAC51 #D8C280 #E7D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CAAC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#CAAC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAC51

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAC51	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caac51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 172, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.116 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc485',
    500: '#caac51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caac51;
$custom-light: #ddc485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caac51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75292,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAC51

secondary

#A2AFD5

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAC51

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

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