#CACA2C#CACA2C

#CACA2C 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 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA2C
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -17.24, 71.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 73.95, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0556 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.166 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9340, 54.9809, 10.5751)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA2C #2C2CCA

analogous

#CA7B2C #CACA2C #7BCA2C

triadic

#CACA2C #2CCACA #CA2CCA

tetradic

#CACA2C #2CCA7B #2C2CCA #CA2C7B

square

#CACA2C #2CCA7B #2C2CCA #CA2C7B

split-complementary

#CACA2C #2C7BCA #7B2CCA

monochromatic

#656516 #989821 #CACA2C #DBDB58 #E6E68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CACA2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#CACA2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA2C

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA2C	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	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: #caca2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.166 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded974',
    500: '#caca2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca2c;
$custom-light: #ded974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81332,
    "c": 0.16577,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA2C

secondary

#2A2A70

accent

#41E741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA2C

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

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