#CACC33#CACC33

#CACC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.164 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC33
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 75%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -17.97, 70.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 72.60, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.057 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.164 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5492, 55.9826, 11.4850)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC33 #3533CC

analogous

#CC8133 #CACC33 #7ECC33

triadic

#CACC33 #33CACC #CC33CA

tetradic

#CACC33 #33CC81 #3533CC #CC337E

square

#CACC33 #33CC81 #3533CC #CC337E

split-complementary

#CACC33 #337ECC #8133CC

monochromatic

#696A1B #9A9B27 #CACC33 #D7D864 #E3E495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#CACC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC33

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC33	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC30B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.164 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb77',
    500: '#cacc33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc33;
$custom-light: #dedb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.784,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81801,
    "c": 0.1643,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC33

secondary

#302F74

accent

#45E347

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC33

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

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