#CAAE4D#CAAE4D

#CAAE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.120 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE4D
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 61.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -1.18, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 52.31, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0067 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.12 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8346, 43.3666, 13.2395)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE4D #4D69CA

analogous

#CA704D #CAAE4D #A8CA4D

triadic

#CAAE4D #4DCAAE #AE4DCA

tetradic

#CAAE4D #4DCA70 #4D69CA #CA4DA8

square

#CAAE4D #4DCA70 #4D69CA #CA4DA8

split-complementary

#CAAE4D #4DA8CA #704DCA

monochromatic

#796624 #A88D32 #CAAE4D #D8C37C #E6D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#CAAE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE4D

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE4D	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)

#BFAB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.120 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc582',
    500: '#caae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae4d;
$custom-light: #ddc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.56,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75659,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE4D

secondary

#9FABD4

accent

#6BDD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE4D

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

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