#CACC45#CACC45

#CACC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.153 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC45
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -17.09, 64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 66.33, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0529 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.153 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0257, 56.1732, 13.9944)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC45 #4745CC

analogous

#CC8A45 #CACC45 #86CC45

triadic

#CACC45 #45CACC #CC45CA

tetradic

#CACC45 #45CC8A #4745CC #CC4586

square

#CACC45 #45CC8A #4745CC #CC4586

split-complementary

#CACC45 #4586CC #8A45CC

monochromatic

#757620 #A4A62E #CACC45 #D8D975 #E5E6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#CACC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC45

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC45	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)

#DCC331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.153 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb80',
    500: '#cacc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc45;
$custom-light: #dddb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.889,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81922,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC45

secondary

#38367F

accent

#48E04A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC45

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

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