#CACA39#CACA39

#CACA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.159 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA39
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -16.71, 67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 69.91, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.053 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.159 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2178, 55.0944, 12.0698)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA39 #3939CA

analogous

#CA8139 #CACA39 #81CA39

triadic

#CACA39 #39CACA #CA39CA

tetradic

#CACA39 #39CA81 #3939CA #CA3981

square

#CACA39 #39CA81 #3939CA #CA3981

split-complementary

#CACA39 #3981CA #8139CA

monochromatic

#6C6C1D #9C9C2A #CACA39 #D7D769 #E4E49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CACA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CACA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA39

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA39	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.159 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded979',
    500: '#caca39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca39;
$custom-light: #ded979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81405,
    "c": 0.15903,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA39

secondary

#323275

accent

#47E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA39

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

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