#CAAE41#CAAE41

#CAAE41 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	#CAAE41
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -1.92, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 57.50, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0103 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.13 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4493, 43.2125, 11.2103)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE41 #415DCA

analogous

#CA6941 #CAAE41 #A2CA41

triadic

#CAAE41 #41CAAE #AE41CA

tetradic

#CAAE41 #41CA69 #415DCA #CA41A2

square

#CAAE41 #41CA69 #415DCA #CA41A2

split-complementary

#CAAE41 #41A2CA #6941CA

monochromatic

#716020 #A1892D #CAAE41 #D7C271 #E5D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#CAAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE41

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE41	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)

#C0AB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.130 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57b',
    500: '#caae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae41;
$custom-light: #dec57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75543,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE41

secondary

#96A2D1

accent

#67E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE41

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

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