#CACA49#CACA49

#CACA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.148 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA49
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -15.86, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 63.98, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.049 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.148 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6818, 55.2800, 14.5131)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA49 #4949CA

analogous

#CA8A49 #CACA49 #8ACA49

triadic

#CACA49 #49CACA #CA49CA

tetradic

#CACA49 #49CA8A #4949CA #CA498A

square

#CACA49 #49CA8A #4949CA #CA498A

split-complementary

#CACA49 #498ACA #8A49CA

monochromatic

#767622 #A6A630 #CACA49 #D8D878 #E6E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CACA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA49

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA49	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.148 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd982',
    500: '#caca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca49;
$custom-light: #ddd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81524,
    "c": 0.14845,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA49

secondary

#38387F

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA49

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →