#CACA55#CACA55

#CACA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.139 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA55
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -15.07, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 58.97, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0455 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.139 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1187, 55.4547, 16.8143)
Luminance	0.5545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA55 #5555CA

analogous

#CA9055 #CACA55 #90CA55

triadic

#CACA55 #55CACA #CA55CA

tetradic

#CACA55 #55CA90 #5555CA #CA5590

square

#CACA55 #55CA90 #5555CA #CA5590

split-complementary

#CACA55 #5590CA #9055CA

monochromatic

#7D7D27 #ACAC36 #CACA55 #D9D984 #E7E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#CACA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA55

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA55	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)

#D9C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.139 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd989',
    500: '#caca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca55;
$custom-light: #ddd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81636,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA55

secondary

#3E3E85

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA55

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

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