#CAAF57#CAAF57

#CAAF57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAF57
RGB	rgb(202, 175, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -0.98, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 48.02, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0049 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.112 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4091, 43.9066, 15.3087)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAF57 #5772CA

analogous

#CA7657 #CAAF57 #ACCA57

triadic

#CAAF57 #57CAAF #AF57CA

tetradic

#CAAF57 #57CA76 #5772CA #CA57AC

square

#CAAF57 #57CA76 #5772CA #CA57AC

split-complementary

#CAAF57 #57ACCA #7657CA

monochromatic

#7F6A28 #AD9137 #CAAF57 #D9C586 #E7DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CAAF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CAAF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAF57

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAF57	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)

#BFAC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 175, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc689',
    500: '#caaf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaf57;
$custom-light: #ddc689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75979,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAF57

secondary

#A7B2D6

accent

#6EDB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAF57

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

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