#CACA45#CACA45

#CACA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.151 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA45
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -16.10, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 65.55, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0501 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.151 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5534, 55.2286, 13.8370)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA45 #4545CA

analogous

#CA8745 #CACA45 #87CA45

triadic

#CACA45 #45CACA #CA45CA

tetradic

#CACA45 #45CA87 #4545CA #CA4587

square

#CACA45 #45CA87 #4545CA #CA4587

split-complementary

#CACA45 #4587CA #8745CA

monochromatic

#747421 #A3A32F #CACA45 #D8D875 #E5E5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CACA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA45

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA45	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.151 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd980',
    500: '#caca45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca45;
$custom-light: #ddd980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81491,
    "c": 0.15132,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA45

secondary

#37377D

accent

#49DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA45

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

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