#CAAF42#CAAF42

#CAAF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.130 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF42
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -2.39, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 57.38, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0115 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.13 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6724, 43.6120, 11.4288)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF42 #425DCA

analogous

#CA6B42 #CAAF42 #A1CA42

triadic

#CAAF42 #42CAAF #AF42CA

tetradic

#CAAF42 #42CA6B #425DCA #CA42A1

square

#CAAF42 #42CA6B #425DCA #CA42A1

split-complementary

#CAAF42 #42A1CA #6B42CA

monochromatic

#726120 #A28A2D #CAAF42 #D7C372 #E5D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CAAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF42

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF42	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)

#C0AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.130 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec67c',
    500: '#caaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf42;
$custom-light: #dec67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75759,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF42

secondary

#96A2D1

accent

#66DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF42

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

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