#CACC31#CACC31

#CACC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.165 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC31
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 76%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -18.05, 70.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 73.21, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0574 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.165 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5061, 55.9654, 11.2577)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC31 #3331CC

analogous

#CC8031 #CACC31 #7DCC31

triadic

#CACC31 #31CACC #CC31CA

tetradic

#CACC31 #31CC80 #3331CC #CC317D

square

#CACC31 #31CC80 #3331CC #CC317D

split-complementary

#CACC31 #317DCC #8031CC

monochromatic

#686919 #999B25 #CACC31 #D8D961 #E4E592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#CACC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC31

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC31	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.165 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb76',
    500: '#cacc31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc31;
$custom-light: #dedb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.774,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8179,
    "c": 0.16531,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC31

secondary

#2F2E73

accent

#43E446

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC31

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

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