#CAAE38#CAAE38

#CAAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.136 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE38
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -2.39, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 61.07, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0126 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.136 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2091, 43.1164, 9.9450)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE38 #3854CA

analogous

#CA6538 #CAAE38 #9DCA38

triadic

#CAAE38 #38CAAE #AE38CA

tetradic

#CAAE38 #38CA65 #3854CA #CA389D

square

#CAAE38 #38CA65 #3854CA #CA389D

split-complementary

#CAAE38 #389DCA #6538CA

monochromatic

#6B5C1D #9B8629 #CAAE38 #D7C268 #E4D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#CAAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE38

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE38	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.136 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec576',
    500: '#caae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae38;
$custom-light: #dec576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75471,
    "c": 0.13583,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE38

secondary

#8E9BCF

accent

#64E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE38

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

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