#CAAE51#CAAE51

#CAAE51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE51
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -0.90, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 50.50, 91.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0054 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.117 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9802, 43.4248, 14.0063)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE51 #516DCA

analogous

#CA7151 #CAAE51 #A9CA51

triadic

#CAAE51 #51CAAE #AE51CA

tetradic

#CAAE51 #51CA71 #516DCA #CA51A9

square

#CAAE51 #51CA71 #516DCA #CA51A9

split-complementary

#CAAE51 #51A9CA #7151CA

monochromatic

#7B6725 #AA8F34 #CAAE51 #D8C480 #E7DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CAAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE51

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE51	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)

#BFAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc585',
    500: '#caae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae51;
$custom-light: #ddc585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.116,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75703,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE51

secondary

#A2AED5

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE51

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

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