#CAAE44#CAAE44

#CAAE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.128 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE44
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -1.75, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 56.24, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0094 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.128 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5385, 43.2482, 11.6802)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE44 #4460CA

analogous

#CA6B44 #CAAE44 #A3CA44

triadic

#CAAE44 #44CAAE #AE44CA

tetradic

#CAAE44 #44CA6B #4460CA #CA44A3

square

#CAAE44 #44CA6B #4460CA #CA44A3

split-complementary

#CAAE44 #44A3CA #6B44CA

monochromatic

#736221 #A38A2E #CAAE44 #D8C374 #E5D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CAAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE44

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE44	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)

#BFAB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.128 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57d',
    500: '#caae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae44;
$custom-light: #dec57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7557,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE44

secondary

#98A4D2

accent

#68DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE44

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

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