#CAAE45#CAAE45

#CAAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.127 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE45
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -1.69, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 55.82, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0092 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.127 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5693, 43.2605, 11.8423)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE45 #4561CA

analogous

#CA6B45 #CAAE45 #A4CA45

triadic

#CAAE45 #45CAAE #AE45CA

tetradic

#CAAE45 #45CA6B #4561CA #CA45A4

square

#CAAE45 #45CA6B #4561CA #CA45A4

split-complementary

#CAAE45 #45A4CA #6B45CA

monochromatic

#746221 #A38B2F #CAAE45 #D8C375 #E5D7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CAAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE45

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE45	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)

#BFAB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.127 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec57e',
    500: '#caae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae45;
$custom-light: #dec57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75579,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE45

secondary

#99A5D2

accent

#68DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE45

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

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