#CAAC19#CAAC19

#CAAC19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.149 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAC19
RGB	rgb(202, 172, 25)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 87.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -2.39, 69.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 69.92, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0153 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.149 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2874, 42.1341, 6.9829)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAC19 #1937CA

analogous

#CA5419 #CAAC19 #8FCA19

triadic

#CAAC19 #19CAAC #AC19CA

tetradic

#CAAC19 #19CA54 #1937CA #CA198F

square

#CAAC19 #19CA54 #1937CA #CA198F

split-complementary

#CAAC19 #198FCA #5419CA

monochromatic

#5D4F0C #947E12 #CAAC19 #E7C93A #EDD870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CAAC19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#CAAC19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAC19

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAC19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAC19	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caac19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 172, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.149 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc468',
    500: '#caac19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caac19;
$custom-light: #dfc468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caac19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 77.974,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74894,
    "c": 0.14907,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAC19

secondary

#6B7DD4

accent

#54F433

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAC19

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

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