#CACA37#CACA37

#CACA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.160 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA37
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -16.80, 68.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 70.58, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0534 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.16 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1689, 55.0748, 11.8122)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA37 #3737CA

analogous

#CA8037 #CACA37 #80CA37

triadic

#CACA37 #37CACA #CA37CA

tetradic

#CACA37 #37CA80 #3737CA #CA3780

square

#CACA37 #37CA80 #3737CA #CA3780

split-complementary

#CACA37 #3780CA #8037CA

monochromatic

#6A6A1C #9B9B29 #CACA37 #D7D767 #E4E498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CACA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CACA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA37

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA37	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)

#DAC119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.160 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded979',
    500: '#caca37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca37;
$custom-light: #ded979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81393,
    "c": 0.16017,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA37

secondary

#313174

accent

#46E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA37

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

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