#CACB41#CACB41

#CACB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.155 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACB41
RGB	rgb(202, 203, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 68%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -16.81, 65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 67.45, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0525 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.155 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6688, 55.6514, 13.2834)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACB41 #4241CB

analogous

#CB8741 #CACB41 #85CB41

triadic

#CACB41 #41CACB #CB41CA

tetradic

#CACB41 #41CB87 #4241CB #CB4185

square

#CACB41 #41CB87 #4241CB #CB4185

split-complementary

#CACB41 #4185CB #8741CB

monochromatic

#72721F #A2A22C #CACB41 #D7D871 #E5E5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CACB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CACB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACB41

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACB41	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)

#DBC22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacb41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 203, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.155 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deda7e',
    500: '#cacb41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacb41;
$custom-light: #deda7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacb41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.435,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81676,
    "c": 0.15506,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACB41

secondary

#35357B

accent

#48E049

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACB41

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

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