#CAAC38#CAAC38

#CAAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.135 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAC38
RGB	rgb(202, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -1.33, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 60.52, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0096 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.135 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8256, 42.3494, 9.8172)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAC38 #3856CA

analogous

#CA6338 #CAAC38 #9FCA38

triadic

#CAAC38 #38CAAC #AC38CA

tetradic

#CAAC38 #38CA63 #3856CA #CA389F

square

#CAAC38 #38CA63 #3856CA #CA389F

split-complementary

#CAAC38 #389FCA #6338CA

monochromatic

#6B5B1D #9B8429 #CAAC38 #D7C068 #E4D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CAAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#CAAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAC38

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAC38	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)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.135 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec476',
    500: '#caac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caac38;
$custom-light: #dec476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75058,
    "c": 0.1345,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAC38

secondary

#8E9CCF

accent

#66E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAC38

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

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