#CAAE3C#CAAE3C

#CAAE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.133 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE3C
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -2.19, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 59.52, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0116 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.133 95)
XYZ	xyz(40.3108, 43.1571, 10.4810)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE3C #3C58CA

analogous

#CA673C #CAAE3C #9FCA3C

triadic

#CAAE3C #3CCAAE #AE3CCA

tetradic

#CAAE3C #3CCA67 #3C58CA #CA3C9F

square

#CAAE3C #3CCA67 #3C58CA #CA3C9F

split-complementary

#CAAE3C #3C9FCA #673CCA

monochromatic

#6E5E1E #9E872B #CAAE3C #D7C26C #E4D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CAAE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE3C

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE3C	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)

#C0AB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.133 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec578',
    500: '#caae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae3c;
$custom-light: #dec578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75502,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.43155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE3C

secondary

#929ED0

accent

#66E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE3C

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

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