#CACA52#CACA52

#CACA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.141 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA52
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -15.28, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 60.26, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0464 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.141 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0020, 55.4081, 16.1999)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA52 #5252CA

analogous

#CA8E52 #CACA52 #8ECA52

triadic

#CACA52 #52CACA #CA52CA

tetradic

#CACA52 #52CA8E #5252CA #CA528E

square

#CACA52 #52CA8E #5252CA #CA528E

split-complementary

#CACA52 #528ECA #8E52CA

monochromatic

#7C7C26 #ABAB34 #CACA52 #D8D881 #E7E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#CACA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA52

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA52	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)

#D9C244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.141 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd987',
    500: '#caca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca52;
$custom-light: #ddd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81607,
    "c": 0.14144,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA52

secondary

#3C3C84

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA52

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

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