#CACA5A#CACA5A

#CACA5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.135 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA5A
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -14.69, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 56.77, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0439 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.135 109)
XYZ	xyz(47.3244, 55.5370, 17.8977)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA5A #5A5ACA

analogous

#CA925A #CACA5A #92CA5A

triadic

#CACA5A #5ACACA #CA5ACA

tetradic

#CACA5A #5ACA92 #5A5ACA #CA5A92

square

#CACA5A #5ACA92 #5A5ACA #CA5A92

split-complementary

#CACA5A #5A92CA #925ACA

monochromatic

#808029 #AFAF38 #CACA5A #D9D988 #E8E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CACA5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#CACA5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA5A

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA5A	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.135 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd98c',
    500: '#caca5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca5a;
$custom-light: #ddd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81689,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.55536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA5A

secondary

#404088

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA5A

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

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