#CACA63#CACA63

#CACA63 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.126 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA63
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 99)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 51%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -13.96, 50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 52.68, 105.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0409 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.126 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7309, 55.6996, 20.0387)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA63 #6363CA

analogous

#CA9763 #CACA63 #97CA63

triadic

#CACA63 #63CACA #CA63CA

tetradic

#CACA63 #63CA97 #6363CA #CA6397

square

#CACA63 #63CA97 #6363CA #CA6397

split-complementary

#CACA63 #6397CA #9763CA

monochromatic

#85852D #B3B33D #CACA63 #DADA91 #E9E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CACA63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#CACA63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA63

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA63	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.126 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda92',
    500: '#caca63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca63;
$custom-light: #dcda92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.282,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81793,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA63

secondary

#45458D

accent

#4FD94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA63

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

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