#CACB46#CACB46

#CACB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.152 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACB46
RGB	rgb(202, 203, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 65.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -16.54, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 65.55, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0512 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.152 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8201, 55.7119, 14.0803)
Luminance	0.5571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACB46 #4746CB

analogous

#CB8946 #CACB46 #87CB46

triadic

#CACB46 #46CACB #CB46CA

tetradic

#CACB46 #46CB89 #4746CB #CB4687

square

#CACB46 #46CB89 #4746CB #CB4687

split-complementary

#CACB46 #4687CB #8946CB

monochromatic

#757621 #A4A52E #CACB46 #D8D876 #E5E6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CACB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#CACB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACB46

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACB46	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)

#DBC333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 203, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.152 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda80',
    500: '#cacb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacb46;
$custom-light: #ddda80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.451,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81715,
    "c": 0.15164,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACB46

secondary

#38377E

accent

#48DF4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACB46

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

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