#CAAF43#CAAF43

#CAAF43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.129 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF43
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -2.33, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 56.96, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0112 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.129 95)
XYZ	xyz(40.7022, 43.6239, 11.5855)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF43 #435ECA

analogous

#CA6B43 #CAAF43 #A2CA43

triadic

#CAAF43 #43CAAF #AF43CA

tetradic

#CAAF43 #43CA6B #435ECA #CA43A2

square

#CAAF43 #43CA6B #435ECA #CA43A2

split-complementary

#CAAF43 #43A2CA #6B43CA

monochromatic

#726220 #A28B2E #CAAF43 #D7C373 #E5D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CAAF43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF43

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF43	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)

#C0AC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.129 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec67c',
    500: '#caaf43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf43;
$custom-light: #dec67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75768,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.43622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF43

secondary

#97A3D2

accent

#67DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF43

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

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