#CAAF44#CAAF44

#CAAF44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.128 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF44
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -2.28, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 56.54, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.011 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.128 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7324, 43.6360, 11.7448)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF44 #445FCA

analogous

#CA6C44 #CAAF44 #A2CA44

triadic

#CAAF44 #44CAAF #AF44CA

tetradic

#CAAF44 #44CA6C #445FCA #CA44A2

square

#CAAF44 #44CA6C #445FCA #CA44A2

split-complementary

#CAAF44 #44A2CA #6C44CA

monochromatic

#736221 #A38B2E #CAAF44 #D8C374 #E5D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CAAF44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF44

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF44	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.128 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec67d',
    500: '#caaf44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf44;
$custom-light: #dec67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75777,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF44

secondary

#98A4D2

accent

#67DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF44

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

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