#CACB48#CACB48

#CACB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.150 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACB48
RGB	rgb(202, 203, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -16.42, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 64.77, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0507 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.15 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8843, 55.7376, 14.4183)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACB48 #4948CB

analogous

#CB8B48 #CACB48 #89CB48

triadic

#CACB48 #48CACB #CB48CA

tetradic

#CACB48 #48CB8B #4948CB #CB4889

square

#CACB48 #48CB8B #4948CB #CB4889

split-complementary

#CACB48 #4889CB #8B48CB

monochromatic

#767722 #A6A62F #CACB48 #D8D978 #E6E6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CACB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CACB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACB48

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACB48	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 203, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.150 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda82',
    500: '#cacb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacb48;
$custom-light: #ddda82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81731,
    "c": 0.15021,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACB48

secondary

#38387F

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACB48

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

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