#CAAE56#CAAE56

#CAAE56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE56
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -0.53, 48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 48.18, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0037 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.113 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1746, 43.5026, 15.0303)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE56 #5672CA

analogous

#CA7456 #CAAE56 #ACCA56

triadic

#CAAE56 #56CAAE #AE56CA

tetradic

#CAAE56 #56CA74 #5672CA #CA56AC

square

#CAAE56 #56CA74 #5672CA #CA56AC

split-complementary

#CAAE56 #56ACCA #7456CA

monochromatic

#7E6928 #AD9036 #CAAE56 #D9C485 #E7DBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CAAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE56

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE56	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#BEAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc588',
    500: '#caae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae56;
$custom-light: #ddc588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75761,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE56

secondary

#A6B2D6

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE56

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

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