#CAAE4A#CAAE4A

#CAAE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.123 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE4A
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -1.38, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 53.65, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0077 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.123 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7311, 43.3252, 12.6944)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE4A #4A66CA

analogous

#CA6E4A #CAAE4A #A6CA4A

triadic

#CAAE4A #4ACAAE #AE4ACA

tetradic

#CAAE4A #4ACA6E #4A66CA #CA4AA6

square

#CAAE4A #4ACA6E #4A66CA #CA4AA6

split-complementary

#CAAE4A #4AA6CA #6E4ACA

monochromatic

#776423 #A68C31 #CAAE4A #D8C379 #E6D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CAAE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE4A

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE4A	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)

#BFAB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.123 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc581',
    500: '#caae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae4a;
$custom-light: #ddc581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75628,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE4A

secondary

#9DA9D3

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE4A

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

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