#CAAE3B#CAAE3B

#CAAE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.134 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE3B
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -2.24, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 59.91, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0119 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.134 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2846, 43.1466, 10.3431)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE3B #3B57CA

analogous

#CA663B #CAAE3B #9ECA3B

triadic

#CAAE3B #3BCAAE #AE3BCA

tetradic

#CAAE3B #3BCA66 #3B57CA #CA3B9E

square

#CAAE3B #3BCA66 #3B57CA #CA3B9E

split-complementary

#CAAE3B #3B9ECA #663BCA

monochromatic

#6D5E1E #9D872B #CAAE3B #D7C26B #E4D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CAAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE3B

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE3B	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.134 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec578',
    500: '#caae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae3b;
$custom-light: #dec578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75494,
    "c": 0.13389,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE3B

secondary

#919DD0

accent

#65E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE3B

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

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