#CACA3A#CACA3A

#CACA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.158 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA3A
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -16.67, 67.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 69.57, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0528 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.158 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2430, 55.1045, 12.2025)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA3A #3A3ACA

analogous

#CA823A #CACA3A #82CA3A

triadic

#CACA3A #3ACACA #CA3ACA

tetradic

#CACA3A #3ACA82 #3A3ACA #CA3A82

square

#CACA3A #3ACA82 #3A3ACA #CA3A82

split-complementary

#CACA3A #3A82CA #823ACA

monochromatic

#6C6C1D #9D9D2A #CACA3A #D7D76A #E4E49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CACA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CACA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA3A

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA3A	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)

#DAC11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.158 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97a',
    500: '#caca3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca3a;
$custom-light: #ded97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81412,
    "c": 0.15844,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA3A

secondary

#323276

accent

#47E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA3A

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

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