#CAAC42#CAAC42

#CAAC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.128 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAC42
RGB	rgb(202, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -0.81, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 56.51, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.007 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.128 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0950, 42.4571, 11.2364)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAC42 #4260CA

analogous

#CA6842 #CAAC42 #A4CA42

triadic

#CAAC42 #42CAAC #AC42CA

tetradic

#CAAC42 #42CA68 #4260CA #CA42A4

square

#CAAC42 #42CA68 #4260CA #CA42A4

split-complementary

#CAAC42 #42A4CA #6842CA

monochromatic

#726020 #A2882D #CAAC42 #D7C172 #E5D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CAAC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#CAAC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAC42

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAC42	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)

#BEA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.128 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec47c',
    500: '#caac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caac42;
$custom-light: #dec47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7514,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAC42

secondary

#96A3D1

accent

#6ADF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAC42

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

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