#CAAE50#CAAE50

#CAAE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.118 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE50
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -0.97, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 50.96, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0058 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.118 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9430, 43.4099, 13.8102)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE50 #506CCA

analogous

#CA7150 #CAAE50 #A9CA50

triadic

#CAAE50 #50CAAE #AE50CA

tetradic

#CAAE50 #50CA71 #506CCA #CA50A9

square

#CAAE50 #50CA71 #506CCA #CA50A9

split-complementary

#CAAE50 #50A9CA #7150CA

monochromatic

#7A6725 #A98E33 #CAAE50 #D8C47F #E6D9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CAAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE50

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE50	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)

#BFAB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.118 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc584',
    500: '#caae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae50;
$custom-light: #ddc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75691,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE50

secondary

#A1ADD4

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE50

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

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