#CAAE42#CAAE42

#CAAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE42
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -1.86, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 57.08, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.01 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.129 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4785, 43.2242, 11.3642)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE42 #425ECA

analogous

#CA6A42 #CAAE42 #A2CA42

triadic

#CAAE42 #42CAAE #AE42CA

tetradic

#CAAE42 #42CA6A #425ECA #CA42A2

square

#CAAE42 #42CA6A #425ECA #CA42A2

split-complementary

#CAAE42 #42A2CA #6A42CA

monochromatic

#726120 #A28A2D #CAAE42 #D7C272 #E5D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#CAAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE42

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE42	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)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57c',
    500: '#caae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae42;
$custom-light: #dec57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75552,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE42

secondary

#96A3D1

accent

#67DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE42

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

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