#CAAF48#CAAF48

#CAAF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.125 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF48
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -2.03, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 54.83, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0098 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.125 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8587, 43.6865, 12.4098)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF48 #4863CA

analogous

#CA6E48 #CAAF48 #A4CA48

triadic

#CAAF48 #48CAAF #AF48CA

tetradic

#CAAF48 #48CA6E #4863CA #CA48A4

square

#CAAF48 #48CA6E #4863CA #CA48A4

split-complementary

#CAAF48 #48A4CA #6E48CA

monochromatic

#766422 #A58D30 #CAAF48 #D8C477 #E5D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CAAF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF48

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF48	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.125 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc67f',
    500: '#caaf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf48;
$custom-light: #ddc67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75814,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF48

secondary

#9BA7D3

accent

#68DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF48

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

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