#CACC41#CACC41

#CACC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.156 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC41
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 65)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -17.31, 65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 67.83, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0539 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.156 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9057, 56.1252, 13.3624)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC41 #4341CC

analogous

#CC8841 #CACC41 #85CC41

triadic

#CACC41 #41CACC #CC41CA

tetradic

#CACC41 #41CC88 #4341CC #CC4185

square

#CACC41 #41CC88 #4341CC #CC4185

split-complementary

#CACC41 #4185CC #8841CC

monochromatic

#72741F #A2A42C #CACC41 #D7D971 #E5E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#CACC41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC41

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC41	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)

#DCC32B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.156 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb7e',
    500: '#cacc41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc41;
$custom-light: #dedb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.863,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81892,
    "c": 0.15606,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC41

secondary

#36357C

accent

#47E149

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC41

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

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