#CACA3E#CACA3E

#CACA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.156 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA3E
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -16.47, 66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 68.16, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0518 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.156 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3488, 55.1468, 12.7594)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA3E #3E3ECA

analogous

#CA843E #CACA3E #84CA3E

triadic

#CACA3E #3ECACA #CA3ECA

tetradic

#CACA3E #3ECA84 #3E3ECA #CA3E84

square

#CACA3E #3ECA84 #3E3ECA #CA3E84

split-complementary

#CACA3E #3E84CA #843ECA

monochromatic

#6F6F1F #9F9F2C #CACA3E #D7D76E #E4E49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CACA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CACA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA3E

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA3E	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.156 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97c',
    500: '#caca3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca3e;
$custom-light: #ded97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81439,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA3E

secondary

#343478

accent

#48E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA3E

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

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