#CACA54#CACA54

#CACA54 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.140 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA54
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 84)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -15.14, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 59.40, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0458 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.14 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0792, 55.4390, 16.6066)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA54 #5454CA

analogous

#CA8F54 #CACA54 #8FCA54

triadic

#CACA54 #54CACA #CA54CA

tetradic

#CACA54 #54CA8F #5454CA #CA548F

square

#CACA54 #54CA8F #5454CA #CA548F

split-complementary

#CACA54 #548FCA #8F54CA

monochromatic

#7D7D27 #ACAC35 #CACA54 #D8D883 #E7E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACA54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#CACA54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA54

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA54	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.140 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd989',
    500: '#caca54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca54;
$custom-light: #ddd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81626,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA54

secondary

#3D3D85

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA54

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

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