#CACC35#CACC35

#CACC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.163 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC35
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -17.88, 69.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 71.97, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0566 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.163 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5943, 56.0007, 11.7222)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC35 #3735CC

analogous

#CC8335 #CACC35 #7ECC35

triadic

#CACC35 #35CACC #CC35CA

tetradic

#CACC35 #35CC83 #3735CC #CC357E

square

#CACC35 #35CC83 #3735CC #CC357E

split-complementary

#CACC35 #357ECC #8335CC

monochromatic

#6A6B1B #9B9C27 #CACC35 #D7D866 #E4E597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#CACC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC35

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC35	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)

#DCC312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.163 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb78',
    500: '#cacc35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc35;
$custom-light: #dedb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.795,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81813,
    "c": 0.16323,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC35

secondary

#313075

accent

#45E347

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC35

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

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