#CACA4E#CACA4E

#CACA4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.145 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA4E
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -15.55, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 61.94, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0476 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.145 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8542, 55.3490, 15.4215)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA4E #4E4ECA

analogous

#CA8C4E #CACA4E #8CCA4E

triadic

#CACA4E #4ECACA #CA4ECA

tetradic

#CACA4E #4ECA8C #4E4ECA #CA4E8C

square

#CACA4E #4ECA8C #4E4ECA #CA4E8C

split-complementary

#CACA4E #4E8CCA #8C4ECA

monochromatic

#797924 #A8A832 #CACA4E #D8D87D #E6E6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CACA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA4E

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA4E	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.145 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd985',
    500: '#caca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca4e;
$custom-light: #ddd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81569,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA4E

secondary

#3B3B82

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA4E

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

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