#CAAE53#CAAE53

#CAAE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.115 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE53
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -0.76, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 49.58, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0048 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.115 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0563, 43.4553, 14.4071)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE53 #536FCA

analogous

#CA7253 #CAAE53 #ABCA53

triadic

#CAAE53 #53CAAE #AE53CA

tetradic

#CAAE53 #53CA72 #536FCA #CA53AB

square

#CAAE53 #53CA72 #536FCA #CA53AB

split-complementary

#CAAE53 #53ABCA #7253CA

monochromatic

#7C6826 #AB8F35 #CAAE53 #D8C482 #E7DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CAAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE53

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE53	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)

#BEAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.115 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc586',
    500: '#caae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae53;
$custom-light: #ddc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75725,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE53

secondary

#A4AFD5

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE53

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

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