#CACB37#CACB37

#CACB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.161 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACB37
RGB	rgb(202, 203, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 72.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -17.30, 68.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 70.95, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0548 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.161 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4043, 55.5456, 11.8906)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACB37 #3837CB

analogous

#CB8237 #CACB37 #80CB37

triadic

#CACB37 #37CACB #CB37CA

tetradic

#CACB37 #37CB82 #3837CB #CB3780

square

#CACB37 #37CB82 #3837CB #CB3780

split-complementary

#CACB37 #3780CB #8237CB

monochromatic

#6B6C1C #9B9C29 #CACB37 #D7D868 #E4E498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CACB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#CACB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACB37

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACB37	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)

#DBC218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 203, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.161 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deda79',
    500: '#cacb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacb37;
$custom-light: #deda79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.405,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81608,
    "c": 0.16115,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACB37

secondary

#313175

accent

#46E247

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACB37

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

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