#CACA19#CACA19

#CACA19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.173 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA19
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 25)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 87.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -17.76, 76.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 78.31, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0582 0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.173 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6550, 54.8693, 9.1054)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA19 #1919CA

analogous

#CA7219 #CACA19 #72CA19

triadic

#CACA19 #19CACA #CA19CA

tetradic

#CACA19 #19CA72 #1919CA #CA1972

square

#CACA19 #19CA72 #1919CA #CA1972

split-complementary

#CACA19 #1972CA #7219CA

monochromatic

#5D5D0C #949412 #CACA19 #E7E73A #EDED70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CACA19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#CACA19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA19

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA19	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC62E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.173 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd96d',
    500: '#caca19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca19;
$custom-light: #dfd96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 77.974,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8126,
    "c": 0.17262,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA19

secondary

#1F1F68

accent

#33F433

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA19

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

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