#CACA2E#CACA2E

#CACA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.165 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA2E
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -17.17, 71.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 73.38, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0552 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.165 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9725, 54.9963, 10.7779)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA2E #2E2ECA

analogous

#CA7C2E #CACA2E #7CCA2E

triadic

#CACA2E #2ECACA #CA2ECA

tetradic

#CACA2E #2ECA7C #2E2ECA #CA2E7C

square

#CACA2E #2ECA7C #2E2ECA #CA2E7C

split-complementary

#CACA2E #2E7CCA #7C2ECA

monochromatic

#666617 #989823 #CACA2E #DADA5B #E5E58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CACA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#CACA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA2E

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA2E	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)

#DCC63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.165 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded974',
    500: '#caca2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca2e;
$custom-light: #ded974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81342,
    "c": 0.16485,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA2E

secondary

#2C2C70

accent

#42E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA2E

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

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