#CAAF49#CAAF49

#CAAF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.124 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF49
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -1.97, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 54.39, 92.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0095 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.124 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8916, 43.6996, 12.5830)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF49 #4964CA

analogous

#CA6F49 #CAAF49 #A5CA49

triadic

#CAAF49 #49CAAF #AF49CA

tetradic

#CAAF49 #49CA6F #4964CA #CA49A5

square

#CAAF49 #49CA6F #4964CA #CA49A5

split-complementary

#CAAF49 #49A5CA #6F49CA

monochromatic

#766522 #A68D30 #CAAF49 #D8C478 #E6D9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CAAF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF49

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF49	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)

#C0AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.124 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc680',
    500: '#caaf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf49;
$custom-light: #ddc680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75824,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF49

secondary

#9CA7D3

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF49

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

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