#CAAC39#CAAC39

#CAAC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.134 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAC39
RGB	rgb(202, 172, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -1.28, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 60.14, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0094 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.134 94)
XYZ	xyz(39.8503, 42.3592, 9.9473)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAC39 #3957CA

analogous

#CA6339 #CAAC39 #9FCA39

triadic

#CAAC39 #39CAAC #AC39CA

tetradic

#CAAC39 #39CA63 #3957CA #CA399F

square

#CAAC39 #39CA63 #3957CA #CA399F

split-complementary

#CAAC39 #399FCA #6339CA

monochromatic

#6C5B1D #9C842A #CAAC39 #D7C069 #E4D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CAAC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#CAAC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAC39

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAC39	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)

#BEA928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caac39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 172, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.134 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec477',
    500: '#caac39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caac39;
$custom-light: #dec477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caac39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75065,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.42357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAC39

secondary

#8F9DD0

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAC39

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

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