#CACC40#CACC40

#CACC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.157 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC40
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -17.36, 65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 68.20, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0542 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.157 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8770, 56.1137, 13.2112)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC40 #4240CC

analogous

#CC8840 #CACC40 #84CC40

triadic

#CACC40 #40CACC #CC40CA

tetradic

#CACC40 #40CC88 #4240CC #CC4084

square

#CACC40 #40CC88 #4240CC #CC4084

split-complementary

#CACC40 #4084CC #8840CC

monochromatic

#72731F #A2A32C #CACC40 #D7D970 #E5E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#CACC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC40

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC40	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)

#DCC329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.157 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb7d',
    500: '#cacc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc40;
$custom-light: #dedb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81884,
    "c": 0.15672,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC40

secondary

#35347C

accent

#47E149

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC40

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

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