#CAAF53#CAAF53

#CAAF53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.116 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF53
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -1.28, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 49.89, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0063 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.116 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2502, 43.8431, 14.4717)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF53 #536ECA

analogous

#CA7353 #CAAF53 #A9CA53

triadic

#CAAF53 #53CAAF #AF53CA

tetradic

#CAAF53 #53CA73 #536ECA #CA53A9

square

#CAAF53 #53CA73 #536ECA #CA53A9

split-complementary

#CAAF53 #53A9CA #7353CA

monochromatic

#7C6926 #AB9035 #CAAF53 #D8C582 #E7DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CAAF53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CAAF53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF53

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF53	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.116 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc686',
    500: '#caaf53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf53;
$custom-light: #ddc686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75931,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF53

secondary

#A4AFD5

accent

#6CDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF53

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

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