#CAAF3B#CAAF3B

#CAAF3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.135 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF3B
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -2.77, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 60.20, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0134 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.135 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4785, 43.5344, 10.4077)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF3B #3B56CA

analogous

#CA673B #CAAF3B #9DCA3B

triadic

#CAAF3B #3BCAAF #AF3BCA

tetradic

#CAAF3B #3BCA67 #3B56CA #CA3B9D

square

#CAAF3B #3BCA67 #3B56CA #CA3B9D

split-complementary

#CAAF3B #3B9DCA #673BCA

monochromatic

#6D5E1E #9D882B #CAAF3B #D7C36B #E4D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CAAF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF3B

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF3B	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)

#C1AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.135 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec678',
    500: '#caaf3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf3b;
$custom-light: #dec678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75701,
    "c": 0.13458,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF3B

secondary

#919DD0

accent

#64E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF3B

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

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