#CAAE59#CAAE59

#CAAE59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.110 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE59
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -0.30, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 46.77, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0027 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.11 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2980, 43.5520, 15.6803)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE59 #5975CA

analogous

#CA7659 #CAAE59 #ADCA59

triadic

#CAAE59 #59CAAE #AE59CA

tetradic

#CAAE59 #59CA76 #5975CA #CA59AD

square

#CAAE59 #59CA76 #5975CA #CA59AD

split-complementary

#CAAE59 #59ADCA #7659CA

monochromatic

#806A29 #AE9138 #CAAE59 #D9C587 #E8DBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CAAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE59

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE59	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.110 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc58a',
    500: '#caae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae59;
$custom-light: #ddc58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75798,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE59

secondary

#A8B4D6

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE59

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

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