#CAAF56#CAAF56

#CAAF56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.113 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF56
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -1.06, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 48.49, 91.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0053 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.113 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3685, 43.8904, 15.0950)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF56 #5671CA

analogous

#CA7556 #CAAF56 #ABCA56

triadic

#CAAF56 #56CAAF #AF56CA

tetradic

#CAAF56 #56CA75 #5671CA #CA56AB

square

#CAAF56 #56CA75 #5671CA #CA56AB

split-complementary

#CAAF56 #56ABCA #7556CA

monochromatic

#7E6A28 #AD9136 #CAAF56 #D9C585 #E7DBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CAAF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CAAF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF56

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF56	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.113 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc688',
    500: '#caaf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf56;
$custom-light: #ddc688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75966,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF56

secondary

#A6B1D6

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF56

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

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