#CAAE40#CAAE40

#CAAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.130 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE40
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -1.98, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 57.91, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0106 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.13 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4206, 43.2010, 11.0591)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE40 #405CCA

analogous

#CA6940 #CAAE40 #A1CA40

triadic

#CAAE40 #40CAAE #AE40CA

tetradic

#CAAE40 #40CA69 #405CCA #CA40A1

square

#CAAE40 #40CA69 #405CCA #CA40A1

split-complementary

#CAAE40 #40A1CA #6940CA

monochromatic

#70601F #A0892C #CAAE40 #D7C270 #E5D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#CAAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE40

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE40	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)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.130 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57b',
    500: '#caae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae40;
$custom-light: #dec57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75535,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE40

secondary

#95A1D1

accent

#67E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE40

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

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