#CAAF46#CAAF46

#CAAF46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.127 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF46
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -2.16, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 55.69, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0104 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.127 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7945, 43.6608, 12.0718)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF46 #4661CA

analogous

#CA6D46 #CAAF46 #A3CA46

triadic

#CAAF46 #46CAAF #AF46CA

tetradic

#CAAF46 #46CA6D #4661CA #CA46A3

square

#CAAF46 #46CA6D #4661CA #CA46A3

split-complementary

#CAAF46 #46A3CA #6D46CA

monochromatic

#746321 #A48C2F #CAAF46 #D8C476 #E5D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CAAF46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF46

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF46	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)

#C0AC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.127 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc67e',
    500: '#caaf46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf46;
$custom-light: #ddc67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75795,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF46

secondary

#9AA5D2

accent

#68DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF46

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

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