#CACC42#CACC42

#CACC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.155 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC42
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -17.26, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 67.46, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0537 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.155 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9349, 56.1369, 13.5163)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC42 #4442CC

analogous

#CC8942 #CACC42 #85CC42

triadic

#CACC42 #42CACC #CC42CA

tetradic

#CACC42 #42CC89 #4442CC #CC4285

square

#CACC42 #42CC89 #4442CC #CC4285

split-complementary

#CACC42 #4285CC #8942CC

monochromatic

#73741F #A3A42C #CACC42 #D8D972 #E5E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#CACC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC42

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC42	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.155 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb7e',
    500: '#cacc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc42;
$custom-light: #dddb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81899,
    "c": 0.1554,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC42

secondary

#36357D

accent

#47E149

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC42

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

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