#CACC3A#CACC3A

#CACC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.160 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC3A
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 58)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 71.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -17.66, 68.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 70.32, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0556 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.16 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7153, 56.0491, 12.3599)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC3A #3C3ACC

analogous

#CC853A #CACC3A #81CC3A

triadic

#CACC3A #3ACACC #CC3ACA

tetradic

#CACC3A #3ACC85 #3C3ACC #CC3A81

square

#CACC3A #3ACC85 #3C3ACC #CC3A81

split-complementary

#CACC3A #3A81CC #853ACC

monochromatic

#6E6F1D #9EA029 #CACC3A #D7D96B #E4E59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#CACC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC3A

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC3A	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)

#DCC31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.160 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb7a',
    500: '#cacc3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc3a;
$custom-light: #dedb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81843,
    "c": 0.16042,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC3A

secondary

#333278

accent

#46E248

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC3A

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

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