#CACC38#CACC38

#CACC38 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 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC38
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -17.75, 68.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 70.99, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.056 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.162 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6654, 56.0291, 12.0971)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC38 #3A38CC

analogous

#CC8438 #CACC38 #80CC38

triadic

#CACC38 #38CACC #CC38CA

tetradic

#CACC38 #38CC84 #3A38CC #CC3880

square

#CACC38 #38CC84 #3A38CC #CC3880

split-complementary

#CACC38 #3880CC #8438CC

monochromatic

#6C6E1C #9D9E29 #CACC38 #D7D869 #E4E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#CACC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC38

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC38	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.162 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb79',
    500: '#cacc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc38;
$custom-light: #dedb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.811,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81831,
    "c": 0.16157,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC38

secondary

#323177

accent

#45E248

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC38

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

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