#CAAF41#CAAF41

#CAAF41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.130 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF41
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -2.45, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 57.79, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0118 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.13 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6432, 43.6003, 11.2749)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF41 #415CCA

analogous

#CA6A41 #CAAF41 #A1CA41

triadic

#CAAF41 #41CAAF #AF41CA

tetradic

#CAAF41 #41CA6A #415CCA #CA41A1

square

#CAAF41 #41CA6A #415CCA #CA41A1

split-complementary

#CAAF41 #41A1CA #6A41CA

monochromatic

#716120 #A18A2D #CAAF41 #D7C371 #E5D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CAAF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF41

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF41	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)

#C1AC33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.130 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec67b',
    500: '#caaf41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf41;
$custom-light: #dec67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7575,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF41

secondary

#96A1D1

accent

#66E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF41

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

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