#CACC44#CACC44

#CACC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.154 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC44
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 68)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -17.15, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 66.71, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0532 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.154 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9949, 56.1609, 13.8323)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC44 #4644CC

analogous

#CC8A44 #CACC44 #86CC44

triadic

#CACC44 #44CACC #CC44CA

tetradic

#CACC44 #44CC8A #4644CC #CC4486

square

#CACC44 #44CC8A #4644CC #CC4486

split-complementary

#CACC44 #4486CC #8A44CC

monochromatic

#747620 #A4A62D #CACC44 #D8D974 #E5E6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#CACC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC44

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC44	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)

#DCC330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.154 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb7f',
    500: '#cacc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc44;
$custom-light: #dddb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81914,
    "c": 0.15405,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC44

secondary

#37367E

accent

#47E04A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC44

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

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