#CACC46#CACC46

#CACC46 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 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC46
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 70)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 65.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -17.04, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 65.95, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0526 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.153 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0570, 56.1858, 14.1593)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC46 #4846CC

analogous

#CC8B46 #CACC46 #87CC46

triadic

#CACC46 #46CACC #CC46CA

tetradic

#CACC46 #46CC8B #4846CC #CC4687

square

#CACC46 #46CC8B #4846CC #CC4687

split-complementary

#CACC46 #4687CC #8B46CC

monochromatic

#767721 #A5A72E #CACC46 #D8D976 #E5E6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#CACC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC46

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC46	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.153 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb81',
    500: '#cacc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc46;
$custom-light: #dddb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8193,
    "c": 0.15266,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC46

secondary

#38377F

accent

#48E04A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC46

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

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