#CACB50#CACB50

#CACB50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.144 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACB50
RGB	rgb(202, 203, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -15.91, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 61.51, 104.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0484 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.144 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1624, 55.8489, 15.8834)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACB50 #5150CB

analogous

#CB8E50 #CACB50 #8CCB50

triadic

#CACB50 #50CACB #CB50CA

tetradic

#CACB50 #50CB8E #5150CB #CB508C

square

#CACB50 #50CB8E #5150CB #CB508C

split-complementary

#CACB50 #508CCB #8E50CB

monochromatic

#7B7C25 #AAAB33 #CACB50 #D8D97F #E7E7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CACB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#CACB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACB50

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACB50	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 203, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.144 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda86',
    500: '#cacb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacb50;
$custom-light: #ddda86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.488,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81802,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACB50

secondary

#3C3B84

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACB50

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

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