#CACB42#CACB42

#CACB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.154 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACB42
RGB	rgb(202, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -16.76, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 67.07, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0523 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.154 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6980, 55.6631, 13.4373)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACB42 #4342CB

analogous

#CB8742 #CACB42 #85CB42

triadic

#CACB42 #42CACB #CB42CA

tetradic

#CACB42 #42CB87 #4342CB #CB4285

square

#CACB42 #42CB87 #4342CB #CB4285

split-complementary

#CACB42 #4285CB #8742CB

monochromatic

#727320 #A2A32D #CACB42 #D7D872 #E5E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CACB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CACB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACB42

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACB42	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)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.154 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda7e',
    500: '#cacb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacb42;
$custom-light: #ddda7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.438,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81683,
    "c": 0.15439,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACB42

secondary

#36357C

accent

#48E049

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACB42

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

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