#CAAE55#CAAE55

#CAAE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.113 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE55
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -0.61, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 48.65, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0041 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.113 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1346, 43.4866, 14.8196)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE55 #5571CA

analogous

#CA7455 #CAAE55 #ACCA55

triadic

#CAAE55 #55CAAE #AE55CA

tetradic

#CAAE55 #55CA74 #5571CA #CA55AC

square

#CAAE55 #55CA74 #5571CA #CA55AC

split-complementary

#CAAE55 #55ACCA #7455CA

monochromatic

#7D6927 #AC9036 #CAAE55 #D9C484 #E7DAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CAAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE55

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE55	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.113 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc588',
    500: '#caae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae55;
$custom-light: #ddc588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.641,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75749,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE55

secondary

#A5B1D5

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE55

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

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