#CAAE3D#CAAE3D

#CAAE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.133 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE3D
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -2.14, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 59.12, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0114 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.133 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3375, 43.1677, 10.6215)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE3D #3D59CA

analogous

#CA683D #CAAE3D #A0CA3D

triadic

#CAAE3D #3DCAAE #AE3DCA

tetradic

#CAAE3D #3DCA68 #3D59CA #CA3DA0

square

#CAAE3D #3DCA68 #3D59CA #CA3DA0

split-complementary

#CAAE3D #3DA0CA #683DCA

monochromatic

#6E5E1E #9F882B #CAAE3D #D7C26D #E4D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CAAE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE3D

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE3D	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)

#C0AB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.133 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec579',
    500: '#caae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae3d;
$custom-light: #dec579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7551,
    "c": 0.13254,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE3D

secondary

#929FD0

accent

#66E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE3D

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

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