#CACC37#CACC37

#CACC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.162 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC37
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -17.80, 69.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 71.32, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0562 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.162 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6412, 56.0194, 11.9696)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC37 #3937CC

analogous

#CC8337 #CACC37 #80CC37

triadic

#CACC37 #37CACC #CC37CA

tetradic

#CACC37 #37CC83 #3937CC #CC3780

square

#CACC37 #37CC83 #3937CC #CC3780

split-complementary

#CACC37 #3780CC #8337CC

monochromatic

#6C6D1C #9C9E28 #CACC37 #D7D868 #E4E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#CACC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC37

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC37	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)

#DCC317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.162 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb79',
    500: '#cacc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc37;
$custom-light: #dedb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.805,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81824,
    "c": 0.16214,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC37

secondary

#323176

accent

#45E347

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC37

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

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