#CAAF3F#CAAF3F

#CAAF3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.132 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF3F
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 68.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -2.56, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 58.61, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0124 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.132 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5863, 43.5775, 10.9752)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF3F #3F5ACA

analogous

#CA693F #CAAF3F #A0CA3F

triadic

#CAAF3F #3FCAAF #AF3FCA

tetradic

#CAAF3F #3FCA69 #3F5ACA #CA3FA0

square

#CAAF3F #3FCA69 #3F5ACA #CA3FA0

split-complementary

#CAAF3F #3FA0CA #693FCA

monochromatic

#70601F #A0892C #CAAF3F #D7C36F #E4D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CAAF3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF3F

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF3F	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.132 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec67a',
    500: '#caaf3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf3f;
$custom-light: #dec67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75733,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF3F

secondary

#94A0D1

accent

#65E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF3F

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

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