#CAAF40#CAAF40

#CAAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.131 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF40
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -2.50, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 58.20, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0121 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.131 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6145, 43.5888, 11.1237)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF40 #405BCA

analogous

#CA6A40 #CAAF40 #A0CA40

triadic

#CAAF40 #40CAAF #AF40CA

tetradic

#CAAF40 #40CA6A #405BCA #CA40A0

square

#CAAF40 #40CA6A #405BCA #CA40A0

split-complementary

#CAAF40 #40A0CA #6A40CA

monochromatic

#70611F #A08A2C #CAAF40 #D7C370 #E5D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CAAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF40

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF40	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)

#C1AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.131 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec67b',
    500: '#caaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf40;
$custom-light: #dec67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75741,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF40

secondary

#95A1D1

accent

#66E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF40

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

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