#CAAE3F#CAAE3F

#CAAE3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.131 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE3F
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 68.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -2.03, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 58.32, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0108 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.131 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3924, 43.1897, 10.9105)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE3F #3F5BCA

analogous

#CA693F #CAAE3F #A0CA3F

triadic

#CAAE3F #3FCAAE #AE3FCA

tetradic

#CAAE3F #3FCA69 #3F5BCA #CA3FA0

square

#CAAE3F #3FCA69 #3F5BCA #CA3FA0

split-complementary

#CAAE3F #3FA0CA #693FCA

monochromatic

#705F1F #A0882C #CAAE3F #D7C26F #E4D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAE3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#CAAE3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE3F

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE3F	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)

#C0AB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.131 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57a',
    500: '#caae3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae3f;
$custom-light: #dec57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75526,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE3F

secondary

#94A0D1

accent

#66E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE3F

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

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