#CACC3E#CACC3E

#CACC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.158 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC3E
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 62)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -17.47, 66.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 68.92, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0546 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.158 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8211, 56.0914, 12.9168)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC3E #403ECC

analogous

#CC873E #CACC3E #83CC3E

triadic

#CACC3E #3ECACC #CC3ECA

tetradic

#CACC3E #3ECC87 #403ECC #CC3E83

square

#CACC3E #3ECC87 #403ECC #CC3E83

split-complementary

#CACC3E #3E83CC #873ECC

monochromatic

#70721E #A0A22B #CACC3E #D7D96E #E5E69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#CACC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC3E

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC3E	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.158 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb7c',
    500: '#cacc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc3e;
$custom-light: #dedb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8187,
    "c": 0.15799,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC3E

secondary

#35347B

accent

#46E149

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC3E

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

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