#CAAF47#CAAF47

#CAAF47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.126 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF47
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 71)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 64.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -2.10, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 55.26, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0101 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.126 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8263, 43.6735, 12.2394)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF47 #4762CA

analogous

#CA6D47 #CAAF47 #A3CA47

triadic

#CAAF47 #47CAAF #AF47CA

tetradic

#CAAF47 #47CA6D #4762CA #CA47A3

square

#CAAF47 #47CA6D #4762CA #CA47A3

split-complementary

#CAAF47 #47A3CA #6D47CA

monochromatic

#756422 #A48C2F #CAAF47 #D8C477 #E5D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CAAF47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF47

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF47	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)

#C0AC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.126 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc67f',
    500: '#caaf47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf47;
$custom-light: #ddc67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75805,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF47

secondary

#9AA6D2

accent

#68DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF47

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

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