#CAAE4E#CAAE4E

#CAAE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.120 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE4E
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -1.11, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 51.86, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0064 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.12 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8702, 43.3808, 13.4268)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE4E #4E6ACA

analogous

#CA704E #CAAE4E #A8CA4E

triadic

#CAAE4E #4ECAAE #AE4ECA

tetradic

#CAAE4E #4ECA70 #4E6ACA #CA4EA8

square

#CAAE4E #4ECA70 #4E6ACA #CA4EA8

split-complementary

#CAAE4E #4EA8CA #704ECA

monochromatic

#796624 #A88E32 #CAAE4E #D8C47D #E6D9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CAAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE4E

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE4E	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.120 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc583',
    500: '#caae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae4e;
$custom-light: #ddc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7567,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE4E

secondary

#A0ACD4

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE4E

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

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