#CAAE4C#CAAE4C

#CAAE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.121 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE4C
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 62.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -1.25, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 52.76, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.007 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.121 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7995, 43.3526, 13.0549)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE4C #4C68CA

analogous

#CA6F4C #CAAE4C #A7CA4C

triadic

#CAAE4C #4CCAAE #AE4CCA

tetradic

#CAAE4C #4CCA6F #4C68CA #CA4CA7

square

#CAAE4C #4CCA6F #4C68CA #CA4CA7

split-complementary

#CAAE4C #4CA7CA #6F4CCA

monochromatic

#786524 #A78D32 #CAAE4C #D8C37B #E6D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#CAAE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE4C

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE4C	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.121 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc582',
    500: '#caae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae4c;
$custom-light: #ddc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75648,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE4C

secondary

#9EAAD4

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE4C

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

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