#CAAF45#CAAF45

#CAAF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.127 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF45
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -2.22, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 56.11, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0107 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.127 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7632, 43.6483, 11.9069)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF45 #4560CA

analogous

#CA6C45 #CAAF45 #A2CA45

triadic

#CAAF45 #45CAAF #AF45CA

tetradic

#CAAF45 #45CA6C #4560CA #CA45A2

square

#CAAF45 #45CA6C #4560CA #CA45A2

split-complementary

#CAAF45 #45A2CA #6C45CA

monochromatic

#746321 #A38C2F #CAAF45 #D8C375 #E5D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CAAF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF45

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF45	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)

#C0AC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.127 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec67e',
    500: '#caaf45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf45;
$custom-light: #dec67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75786,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF45

secondary

#99A4D2

accent

#67DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF45

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

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