#CACA33#CACA33

#CACA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.162 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA33
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -16.97, 69.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 71.87, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0543 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.162 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0769, 55.0380, 11.3276)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA33 #3333CA

analogous

#CA7F33 #CACA33 #7FCA33

triadic

#CACA33 #33CACA #CA33CA

tetradic

#CACA33 #33CA7F #3333CA #CA337F

square

#CACA33 #33CA7F #3333CA #CA337F

split-complementary

#CACA33 #337FCA #7F33CA

monochromatic

#68681A #999927 #CACA33 #D8D863 #E4E494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CACA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CACA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA33

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA33	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.162 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded977',
    500: '#caca33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca33;
$custom-light: #ded977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81369,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA33

secondary

#2F2F72

accent

#45E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA33

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

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