#CACC36#CACC36

#CACC36 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	#CACC36
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -17.84, 69.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 71.64, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0564 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.163 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6175, 56.0100, 11.8447)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC36 #3836CC

analogous

#CC8336 #CACC36 #7FCC36

triadic

#CACC36 #36CACC #CC36CA

tetradic

#CACC36 #36CC83 #3836CC #CC367F

square

#CACC36 #36CC83 #3836CC #CC367F

split-complementary

#CACC36 #367FCC #8336CC

monochromatic

#6B6C1B #9B9D28 #CACC36 #D7D867 #E4E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#CACC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC36

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC36	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)

#DCC315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.163 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb78',
    500: '#cacc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc36;
$custom-light: #dedb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81818,
    "c": 0.16269,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC36

secondary

#313076

accent

#45E347

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC36

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →