#CACB49#CACB49

#CACB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.149 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACB49
RGB	rgb(202, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -16.36, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 64.37, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0504 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.149 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9171, 55.7508, 14.5916)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACB49 #4A49CB

analogous

#CB8B49 #CACB49 #89CB49

triadic

#CACB49 #49CACB #CB49CA

tetradic

#CACB49 #49CB8B #4A49CB #CB4989

square

#CACB49 #49CB8B #4A49CB #CB4989

split-complementary

#CACB49 #4989CB #8B49CB

monochromatic

#777722 #A6A730 #CACB49 #D8D979 #E6E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CACB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CACB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACB49

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACB49	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)

#DBC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.149 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda82',
    500: '#cacb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacb49;
$custom-light: #ddda82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.462,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81739,
    "c": 0.14948,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACB49

secondary

#393880

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACB49

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

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