#CACA41#CACA41

#CACA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.154 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA41
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -16.32, 65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 67.06, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0511 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.154 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4334, 55.1806, 13.2050)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA41 #4141CA

analogous

#CA8641 #CACA41 #86CA41

triadic

#CACA41 #41CACA #CA41CA

tetradic

#CACA41 #41CA86 #4141CA #CA4186

square

#CACA41 #41CA86 #4141CA #CA4186

split-complementary

#CACA41 #4186CA #8641CA

monochromatic

#717120 #A1A12D #CACA41 #D7D771 #E5E5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CACA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA41

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA41	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.154 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97e',
    500: '#caca41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca41;
$custom-light: #ded97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81461,
    "c": 0.15405,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA41

secondary

#35357A

accent

#48E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA41

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

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