#CACA46#CACA46

#CACA46 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	#CACA46
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -16.04, 63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 65.16, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0498 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.151 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5847, 55.2411, 14.0018)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA46 #4646CA

analogous

#CA8846 #CACA46 #88CA46

triadic

#CACA46 #46CACA #CA46CA

tetradic

#CACA46 #46CA88 #4646CA #CA4688

square

#CACA46 #46CA88 #4646CA #CA4688

split-complementary

#CACA46 #4688CA #8846CA

monochromatic

#747421 #A4A42F #CACA46 #D8D876 #E5E5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CACA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA46

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA46	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)

#DAC234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.151 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd980',
    500: '#caca46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca46;
$custom-light: #ddd980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81499,
    "c": 0.15062,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA46

secondary

#37377D

accent

#49DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA46

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

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