#CAAE43#CAAE43

#CAAE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.128 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE43
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -1.81, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 56.67, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0097 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.128 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5083, 43.2361, 11.5208)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE43 #435FCA

analogous

#CA6B43 #CAAE43 #A2CA43

triadic

#CAAE43 #43CAAE #AE43CA

tetradic

#CAAE43 #43CA6B #435FCA #CA43A2

square

#CAAE43 #43CA6B #435FCA #CA43A2

split-complementary

#CAAE43 #43A2CA #6B43CA

monochromatic

#726120 #A28A2E #CAAE43 #D7C373 #E5D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CAAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE43

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE43	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.128 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57c',
    500: '#caae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae43;
$custom-light: #dec57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75561,
    "c": 0.12826,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE43

secondary

#97A3D2

accent

#68DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE43

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

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