#CACB40#CACB40

#CACB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.156 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACB40
RGB	rgb(202, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -16.87, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 67.81, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0528 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.156 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6401, 55.6399, 13.1322)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACB40 #4140CB

analogous

#CB8740 #CACB40 #84CB40

triadic

#CACB40 #40CACB #CB40CA

tetradic

#CACB40 #40CB87 #4140CB #CB4084

square

#CACB40 #40CB87 #4140CB #CB4084

split-complementary

#CACB40 #4084CB #8740CB

monochromatic

#71721F #A1A22C #CACB40 #D7D870 #E5E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CACB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CACB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACB40

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACB40	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.156 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deda7d',
    500: '#cacb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacb40;
$custom-light: #deda7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81669,
    "c": 0.1557,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACB40

secondary

#35357B

accent

#47E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACB40

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

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