#CAAF3C#CAAF3C

#CAAF3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.134 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF3C
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -2.72, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 59.81, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0131 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.134 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5047, 43.5449, 10.5456)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF3C #3C57CA

analogous

#CA683C #CAAF3C #9ECA3C

triadic

#CAAF3C #3CCAAF #AF3CCA

tetradic

#CAAF3C #3CCA68 #3C57CA #CA3C9E

square

#CAAF3C #3CCA68 #3C57CA #CA3C9E

split-complementary

#CAAF3C #3C9ECA #683CCA

monochromatic

#6E5F1E #9E882B #CAAF3C #D7C36C #E4D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CAAF3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF3C

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF3C	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)

#C1AB2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.134 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec678',
    500: '#caaf3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf3c;
$custom-light: #dec678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75709,
    "c": 0.13391,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF3C

secondary

#929ED0

accent

#64E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF3C

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

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