#CACA53#CACA53

#CACA53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.141 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA53
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -15.21, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 59.83, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0461 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.141 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0404, 55.4234, 16.4018)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA53 #5353CA

analogous

#CA8E53 #CACA53 #8ECA53

triadic

#CACA53 #53CACA #CA53CA

tetradic

#CACA53 #53CA8E #5353CA #CA538E

square

#CACA53 #53CA8E #5353CA #CA538E

split-complementary

#CACA53 #538ECA #8E53CA

monochromatic

#7C7C26 #ABAB35 #CACA53 #D8D882 #E7E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#CACA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA53

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA53	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)

#D9C245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.141 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd988',
    500: '#caca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca53;
$custom-light: #ddd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81616,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA53

secondary

#3D3D84

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA53

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

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