#CAAE52#CAAE52

#CAAE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE52
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -0.83, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 50.04, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0051 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.116 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0180, 43.4399, 14.2052)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE52 #526ECA

analogous

#CA7252 #CAAE52 #AACA52

triadic

#CAAE52 #52CAAE #AE52CA

tetradic

#CAAE52 #52CA72 #526ECA #CA52AA

square

#CAAE52 #52CA72 #526ECA #CA52AA

split-complementary

#CAAE52 #52AACA #7252CA

monochromatic

#7C6826 #AB8F34 #CAAE52 #D8C481 #E7DAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CAAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE52

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE52	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc586',
    500: '#caae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae52;
$custom-light: #ddc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75714,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE52

secondary

#A3AFD5

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE52

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

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