#CAAE57#CAAE57

#CAAE57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.112 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE57
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -0.45, 47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 47.71, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0034 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.112 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2152, 43.5188, 15.2440)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE57 #5773CA

analogous

#CA7557 #CAAE57 #ADCA57

triadic

#CAAE57 #57CAAE #AE57CA

tetradic

#CAAE57 #57CA75 #5773CA #CA57AD

square

#CAAE57 #57CA75 #5773CA #CA57AD

split-complementary

#CAAE57 #57ADCA #7557CA

monochromatic

#7F6A28 #AD9037 #CAAE57 #D9C486 #E7DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CAAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE57

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE57	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)

#BEAC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.112 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc589',
    500: '#caae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae57;
$custom-light: #ddc589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75773,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE57

secondary

#A7B2D6

accent

#6FDB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE57

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

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