#CAAF39#CAAF39

#CAAF39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.136 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF39
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -2.87, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 60.97, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0139 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.136 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4277, 43.5141, 10.1397)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF39 #3954CA

analogous

#CA6639 #CAAF39 #9CCA39

triadic

#CAAF39 #39CAAF #AF39CA

tetradic

#CAAF39 #39CA66 #3954CA #CA399C

square

#CAAF39 #39CA66 #3954CA #CA399C

split-complementary

#CAAF39 #399CCA #6639CA

monochromatic

#6C5D1D #9C872A #CAAF39 #D7C369 #E4D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CAAF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF39

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF39	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)

#C1AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.136 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec677',
    500: '#caaf39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf39;
$custom-light: #dec677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75686,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF39

secondary

#8F9BD0

accent

#64E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF39

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

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