#CACB39#CACB39

#CACB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.160 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACB39
RGB	rgb(202, 203, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -17.21, 68.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 70.28, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0544 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.16 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4532, 55.5652, 12.1483)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACB39 #3A39CB

analogous

#CB8339 #CACB39 #81CB39

triadic

#CACB39 #39CACB #CB39CA

tetradic

#CACB39 #39CB83 #3A39CB #CB3981

square

#CACB39 #39CB83 #3A39CB #CB3981

split-complementary

#CACB39 #3981CB #8339CB

monochromatic

#6C6D1D #9D9D29 #CACB39 #D7D869 #E4E49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CACB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#CACB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACB39

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACB39	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)

#DBC21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 203, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.160 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deda7a',
    500: '#cacb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacb39;
$custom-light: #deda7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.411,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81621,
    "c": 0.16001,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACB39

secondary

#323276

accent

#46E247

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACB39

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

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