#CACA72#CACA72

#CACA72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.111 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACA72
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -12.57, 43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 45.53, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0354 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.111 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5158, 56.0136, 24.1723)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACA72 #7272CA

analogous

#CA9E72 #CACA72 #9ECA72

triadic

#CACA72 #72CACA #CA72CA

tetradic

#CACA72 #72CA9E #7272CA #CA729E

square

#CACA72 #72CA9E #7272CA #CA729E

split-complementary

#CACA72 #729ECA #9E72CA

monochromatic

#8D8D35 #B9B946 #CACA72 #DBDB9E #EBEBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#CACA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACA72

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACA72	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.111 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda9c',
    500: '#caca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caca72;
$custom-light: #dcda9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81994,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACA72

secondary

#4D4D94

accent

#2DB92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACA72

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

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