#CACA58#CACA58

#CACA58 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.136 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA58
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 88)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -14.85, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 57.66, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0446 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.136 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2404, 55.5034, 17.4554)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA58 #5858CA

analogous

#CA9158 #CACA58 #91CA58

triadic

#CACA58 #58CACA #CA58CA

tetradic

#CACA58 #58CA91 #5858CA #CA5891

square

#CACA58 #58CA91 #5858CA #CA5891

split-complementary

#CACA58 #5891CA #9158CA

monochromatic

#7F7F28 #AEAE37 #CACA58 #D9D986 #E7E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACA58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#CACA58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA58

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA58	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)

#D9C24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.136 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd98b',
    500: '#caca58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca58;
$custom-light: #ddd98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81668,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA58

secondary

#3F3F87

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA58

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

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