#CACA5E#CACA5E

#CACA5E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.131 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA5E
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 53.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -14.38, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 54.97, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0426 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.131 109)
XYZ	xyz(47.4993, 55.6070, 18.8186)
Luminance	0.5561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA5E #5E5ECA

analogous

#CA945E #CACA5E #94CA5E

triadic

#CACA5E #5ECACA #CA5ECA

tetradic

#CACA5E #5ECA94 #5E5ECA #CA5E94

square

#CACA5E #5ECA94 #5E5ECA #CA5E94

split-complementary

#CACA5E #5E94CA #945ECA

monochromatic

#83832B #B1B13A #CACA5E #D9D98C #E8E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CACA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#CACA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA5E

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA5E	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.131 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda8f',
    500: '#caca5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca5e;
$custom-light: #dcda8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81734,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.55606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA5E

secondary

#42428A

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA5E

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

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