#CACA3B#CACA3B

#CACA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.158 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA3B
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -16.62, 67.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 69.22, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0525 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.158 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2687, 55.1148, 12.3378)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA3B #3B3BCA

analogous

#CA823B #CACA3B #82CA3B

triadic

#CACA3B #3BCACA #CA3BCA

tetradic

#CACA3B #3BCA82 #3B3BCA #CA3B82

square

#CACA3B #3BCA82 #3B3BCA #CA3B82

split-complementary

#CACA3B #3B82CA #823BCA

monochromatic

#6D6D1E #9D9D2B #CACA3B #D7D76B #E4E49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CACA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CACA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA3B

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA3B	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)

#DAC121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.158 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97b',
    500: '#caca3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca3b;
$custom-light: #ded97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81418,
    "c": 0.15784,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA3B

secondary

#333377

accent

#47E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA3B

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

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