#CAAC40#CAAC40

#CAAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.129 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAC40
RGB	rgb(202, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -0.92, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 57.35, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0075 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.129 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0371, 42.4340, 10.9312)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAC40 #405ECA

analogous

#CA6740 #CAAC40 #A3CA40

triadic

#CAAC40 #40CAAC #AC40CA

tetradic

#CAAC40 #40CA67 #405ECA #CA40A3

square

#CAAC40 #40CA67 #405ECA #CA40A3

split-complementary

#CAAC40 #40A3CA #6740CA

monochromatic

#705F1F #A0872C #CAAC40 #D7C170 #E5D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CAAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#CAAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAC40

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAC40	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.129 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec47a',
    500: '#caac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caac40;
$custom-light: #dec47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75122,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAC40

secondary

#95A2D1

accent

#69E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAC40

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

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