#CAAE46#CAAE46

#CAAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.126 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE46
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -1.63, 55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 55.39, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0089 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.126 94)
XYZ	xyz(40.6006, 43.2730, 12.0071)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE46 #4662CA

analogous

#CA6C46 #CAAE46 #A4CA46

triadic

#CAAE46 #46CAAE #AE46CA

tetradic

#CAAE46 #46CA6C #4662CA #CA46A4

square

#CAAE46 #46CA6C #4662CA #CA46A4

split-complementary

#CAAE46 #46A4CA #6C46CA

monochromatic

#746321 #A48B2F #CAAE46 #D8C376 #E5D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CAAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE46

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE46	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)

#BFAB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.126 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc57e',
    500: '#caae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae46;
$custom-light: #ddc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75589,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.43271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE46

secondary

#9AA6D2

accent

#69DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE46

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

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