#CAAF51#CAAF51

#CAAF51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.118 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF51
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -1.43, 50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 50.81, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.007 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.118 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1741, 43.8126, 14.0709)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF51 #516CCA

analogous

#CA7351 #CAAF51 #A8CA51

triadic

#CAAF51 #51CAAF #AF51CA

tetradic

#CAAF51 #51CA73 #516CCA #CA51A8

square

#CAAF51 #51CA73 #516CCA #CA51A8

split-complementary

#CAAF51 #51A8CA #7351CA

monochromatic

#7B6825 #AA9034 #CAAF51 #D8C580 #E7DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CAAF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CAAF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF51

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF51	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.118 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc685',
    500: '#caaf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf51;
$custom-light: #ddc685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.612,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75909,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF51

secondary

#A2ADD5

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF51

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

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