#CAAE39#CAAE39

#CAAE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.135 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE39
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -2.34, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 60.69, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0124 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.135 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2338, 43.1262, 10.0751)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE39 #3955CA

analogous

#CA6539 #CAAE39 #9DCA39

triadic

#CAAE39 #39CAAE #AE39CA

tetradic

#CAAE39 #39CA65 #3955CA #CA399D

square

#CAAE39 #39CA65 #3955CA #CA399D

split-complementary

#CAAE39 #399DCA #6539CA

monochromatic

#6C5D1D #9C862A #CAAE39 #D7C269 #E4D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#CAAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE39

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE39	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)

#C0AA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.135 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec577',
    500: '#caae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae39;
$custom-light: #dec577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75478,
    "c": 0.13519,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE39

secondary

#8F9CD0

accent

#65E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE39

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

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