#CAAE4F#CAAE4F

#CAAE4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.119 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE4F
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 60.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -1.04, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 51.41, 91.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0061 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.119 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9063, 43.3953, 13.6171)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE4F #4F6BCA

analogous

#CA704F #CAAE4F #A9CA4F

triadic

#CAAE4F #4FCAAE #AE4FCA

tetradic

#CAAE4F #4FCA70 #4F6BCA #CA4FA9

square

#CAAE4F #4FCA70 #4F6BCA #CA4FA9

split-complementary

#CAAE4F #4FA9CA #704FCA

monochromatic

#7A6725 #A98E33 #CAAE4F #D8C47E #E6D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CAAE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE4F

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE4F	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)

#BFAB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.119 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc584',
    500: '#caae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae4f;
$custom-light: #ddc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7568,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE4F

secondary

#A1ACD4

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE4F

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

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