#CAAF3E#CAAF3E

#CAAF3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.133 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF3E
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -2.61, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 59.01, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0126 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.133 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5586, 43.5664, 10.8293)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF3E #3E59CA

analogous

#CA693E #CAAF3E #9FCA3E

triadic

#CAAF3E #3ECAAF #AF3ECA

tetradic

#CAAF3E #3ECA69 #3E59CA #CA3E9F

square

#CAAF3E #3ECA69 #3E59CA #CA3E9F

split-complementary

#CAAF3E #3E9FCA #693ECA

monochromatic

#6F601F #9F892C #CAAF3E #D7C36E #E4D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CAAF3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF3E

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF3E	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)

#C1AB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.133 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec67a',
    500: '#caaf3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf3e;
$custom-light: #dec67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75725,
    "c": 0.13254,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF3E

secondary

#939FD1

accent

#65E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF3E

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

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