#CACA57#CACA57

#CACA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.137 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA57
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -14.92, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 58.10, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0449 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.137 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1993, 55.4870, 17.2387)
Luminance	0.5549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA57 #5757CA

analogous

#CA9157 #CACA57 #91CA57

triadic

#CACA57 #57CACA #CA57CA

tetradic

#CACA57 #57CA91 #5757CA #CA5791

square

#CACA57 #57CA91 #5757CA #CA5791

split-complementary

#CACA57 #5791CA #9157CA

monochromatic

#7F7F28 #ADAD37 #CACA57 #D9D986 #E7E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#CACA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA57

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA57	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.137 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd98a',
    500: '#caca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca57;
$custom-light: #ddd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81657,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA57

secondary

#3F3F87

accent

#4CDB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA57

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

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