#CACB36#CACB36

#CACB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.162 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACB36
RGB	rgb(202, 203, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 73.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -17.34, 69.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 71.28, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.055 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.162 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3806, 55.5361, 11.7657)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACB36 #3736CB

analogous

#CB8236 #CACB36 #7FCB36

triadic

#CACB36 #36CACB #CB36CA

tetradic

#CACB36 #36CB82 #3736CB #CB367F

square

#CACB36 #36CB82 #3736CB #CB367F

split-complementary

#CACB36 #367FCB #8236CB

monochromatic

#6A6B1C #9B9C28 #CACB36 #D7D867 #E4E497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CACB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#CACB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACB36

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACB36	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)

#DBC216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 203, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.162 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deda78',
    500: '#cacb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacb36;
$custom-light: #deda78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.403,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81602,
    "c": 0.16171,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACB36

secondary

#313175

accent

#46E247

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACB36

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

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