#CACA48#CACA48

#CACA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.149 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA48
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -15.92, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 64.37, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0493 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.149 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6489, 55.2668, 14.3399)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA48 #4848CA

analogous

#CA8948 #CACA48 #89CA48

triadic

#CACA48 #48CACA #CA48CA

tetradic

#CACA48 #48CA89 #4848CA #CA4889

square

#CACA48 #48CA89 #4848CA #CA4889

split-complementary

#CACA48 #4889CA #8948CA

monochromatic

#767622 #A5A530 #CACA48 #D8D877 #E5E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CACA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA48

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA48	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)

#DAC236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.149 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd982',
    500: '#caca48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca48;
$custom-light: #ddd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81516,
    "c": 0.14918,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA48

secondary

#38387E

accent

#49DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA48

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

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