#CACB45#CACB45

#CACB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.152 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACB45
RGB	rgb(202, 203, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 66%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -16.60, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 65.94, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0515 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.152 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7888, 55.6994, 13.9154)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACB45 #4645CB

analogous

#CB8945 #CACB45 #87CB45

triadic

#CACB45 #45CACB #CB45CA

tetradic

#CACB45 #45CB89 #4645CB #CB4587

square

#CACB45 #45CB89 #4645CB #CB4587

split-complementary

#CACB45 #4587CB #8945CB

monochromatic

#747521 #A4A52E #CACB45 #D8D875 #E5E6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CACB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#CACB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACB45

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACB45	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 203, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.152 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda80',
    500: '#cacb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacb45;
$custom-light: #ddda80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.448,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81707,
    "c": 0.15234,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACB45

secondary

#37377E

accent

#48E049

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACB45

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

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