#CAAE49#CAAE49

#CAAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.124 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE49
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -1.44, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 54.09, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.008 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.124 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6977, 43.3118, 12.5184)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE49 #4965CA

analogous

#CA6E49 #CAAE49 #A6CA49

triadic

#CAAE49 #49CAAE #AE49CA

tetradic

#CAAE49 #49CA6E #4965CA #CA49A6

square

#CAAE49 #49CA6E #4965CA #CA49A6

split-complementary

#CAAE49 #49A6CA #6E49CA

monochromatic

#766422 #A68C30 #CAAE49 #D8C378 #E6D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CAAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE49

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE49	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)

#BFAB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.124 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc580',
    500: '#caae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae49;
$custom-light: #ddc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75618,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE49

secondary

#9CA8D3

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE49

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

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