#CACA43#CACA43

#CACA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.153 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA43
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -16.21, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 66.31, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0506 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.153 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4923, 55.2042, 13.5155)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA43 #4343CA

analogous

#CA8643 #CACA43 #86CA43

triadic

#CACA43 #43CACA #CA43CA

tetradic

#CACA43 #43CA86 #4343CA #CA4386

square

#CACA43 #43CA86 #4343CA #CA4386

split-complementary

#CACA43 #4386CA #8643CA

monochromatic

#727220 #A2A22E #CACA43 #D7D773 #E5E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CACA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA43

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA43	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)

#DAC22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.153 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd97f',
    500: '#caca43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca43;
$custom-light: #ddd97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81476,
    "c": 0.1527,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA43

secondary

#36367B

accent

#48DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA43

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

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