#CAAE3E#CAAE3E

#CAAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.132 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE3E
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -2.08, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 58.72, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0111 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.132 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3647, 43.1786, 10.7647)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE3E #3E5ACA

analogous

#CA683E #CAAE3E #A0CA3E

triadic

#CAAE3E #3ECAAE #AE3ECA

tetradic

#CAAE3E #3ECA68 #3E5ACA #CA3EA0

square

#CAAE3E #3ECA68 #3E5ACA #CA3EA0

split-complementary

#CAAE3E #3EA0CA #683ECA

monochromatic

#6F5F1F #9F882C #CAAE3E #D7C26E #E4D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#CAAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE3E

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE3E	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.132 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec579',
    500: '#caae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae3e;
$custom-light: #dec579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75518,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE3E

secondary

#939FD1

accent

#66E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE3E

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

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