#CACA40#CACA40

#CACA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.155 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA40
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -16.37, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 67.43, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0514 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.155 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4047, 55.1691, 13.0538)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA40 #4040CA

analogous

#CA8540 #CACA40 #85CA40

triadic

#CACA40 #40CACA #CA40CA

tetradic

#CACA40 #40CA85 #4040CA #CA4085

square

#CACA40 #40CA85 #4040CA #CA4085

split-complementary

#CACA40 #4085CA #8540CA

monochromatic

#70701F #A0A02C #CACA40 #D7D770 #E5E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CACA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CACA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA40

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA40	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)

#DAC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.155 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97d',
    500: '#caca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca40;
$custom-light: #ded97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81453,
    "c": 0.15471,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA40

secondary

#35357A

accent

#48E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA40

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

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