#CAAE5A#CAAE5A

#CAAE5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.109 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE5A
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 90)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 55.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -0.22, 46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 46.29, 90.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0024 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.109 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3403, 43.5689, 15.9030)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE5A #5A76CA

analogous

#CA765A #CAAE5A #AECA5A

triadic

#CAAE5A #5ACAAE #AE5ACA

tetradic

#CAAE5A #5ACA76 #5A76CA #CA5AAE

square

#CAAE5A #5ACA76 #5A76CA #CA5AAE

split-complementary

#CAAE5A #5AAECA #765ACA

monochromatic

#806B29 #AF9138 #CAAE5A #D9C588 #E8DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CAAE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE5A

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE5A	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)

#BEAC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.109 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc58b',
    500: '#caae5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae5a;
$custom-light: #ddc58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7581,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE5A

secondary

#A9B5D7

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE5A

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

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