#CACB33#CACB33

#CACB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.163 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACB33
RGB	rgb(202, 203, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 74.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -17.47, 70.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 72.23, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0556 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.163 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3123, 55.5088, 11.4060)
Luminance	0.5551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACB33 #3433CB

analogous

#CB8033 #CACB33 #7ECB33

triadic

#CACB33 #33CACB #CB33CA

tetradic

#CACB33 #33CB80 #3433CB #CB337E

square

#CACB33 #33CB80 #3433CB #CB337E

split-complementary

#CACB33 #337ECB #8033CB

monochromatic

#69691A #999A27 #CACB33 #D7D863 #E4E494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CACB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#CACB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACB33

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACB33	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)

#DBC20C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacb33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 203, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.163 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deda77',
    500: '#cacb33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacb33;
$custom-light: #deda77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacb33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.395,
    "s": 59.843,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81585,
    "c": 0.16332,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACB33

secondary

#302F73

accent

#45E346

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACB33

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

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