#CAAE47#CAAE47

#CAAE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.125 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE47
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 64.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -1.57, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 54.96, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0086 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.125 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6324, 43.2857, 12.1748)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE47 #4763CA

analogous

#CA6C47 #CAAE47 #A4CA47

triadic

#CAAE47 #47CAAE #AE47CA

tetradic

#CAAE47 #47CA6C #4763CA #CA47A4

square

#CAAE47 #47CA6C #4763CA #CA47A4

split-complementary

#CAAE47 #47A4CA #6C47CA

monochromatic

#756322 #A48B2F #CAAE47 #D8C377 #E5D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CAAE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE47

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE47	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.125 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc57f',
    500: '#caae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae47;
$custom-light: #ddc57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75598,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE47

secondary

#9AA6D2

accent

#69DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE47

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

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