#CACA50#CACA50

#CACA50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.143 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA50
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -15.41, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 61.11, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.047 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.143 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9270, 55.3781, 15.8049)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA50 #5050CA

analogous

#CA8D50 #CACA50 #8DCA50

triadic

#CACA50 #50CACA #CA50CA

tetradic

#CACA50 #50CA8D #5050CA #CA508D

square

#CACA50 #50CA8D #5050CA #CA508D

split-complementary

#CACA50 #508DCA #8D50CA

monochromatic

#7A7A25 #A9A933 #CACA50 #D8D87F #E6E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#CACA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA50

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA50	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.143 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd986',
    500: '#caca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca50;
$custom-light: #ddd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81587,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA50

secondary

#3B3B83

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA50

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

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