#CAAC36#CAAC36

#CAAC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.136 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAC36
RGB	rgb(202, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -1.42, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 61.28, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0101 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.136 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7776, 42.3302, 9.5647)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAC36 #3654CA

analogous

#CA6236 #CAAC36 #9ECA36

triadic

#CAAC36 #36CAAC #AC36CA

tetradic

#CAAC36 #36CA62 #3654CA #CA369E

square

#CAAC36 #36CA62 #3654CA #CA369E

split-complementary

#CAAC36 #369ECA #6236CA

monochromatic

#6A5A1C #9A8329 #CAAC36 #D7C066 #E4D497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CAAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#CAAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAC36

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAC36	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.136 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec475',
    500: '#caac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caac36;
$custom-light: #dec475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75043,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAC36

secondary

#8D9ACF

accent

#66E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAC36

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

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