#CACA2B#CACA2B

#CACA2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.166 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA2B
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -17.27, 72.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 74.23, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0557 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.166 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9155, 54.9735, 10.4773)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA2B #2B2BCA

analogous

#CA7A2B #CACA2B #7ACA2B

triadic

#CACA2B #2BCACA #CA2BCA

tetradic

#CACA2B #2BCA7A #2B2BCA #CA2B7A

square

#CACA2B #2BCA7A #2B2BCA #CA2B7A

split-complementary

#CACA2B #2B7ACA #7A2BCA

monochromatic

#656516 #989820 #CACA2B #DBDB57 #E6E689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CACA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#CACA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA2B

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA2B	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.166 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded973',
    500: '#caca2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca2b;
$custom-light: #ded973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81327,
    "c": 0.16622,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA2B

secondary

#2A2A6F

accent

#40E840

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA2B

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

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