#CACC48#CACC48

#CACC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.151 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC48
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 72)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -16.92, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 65.17, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0521 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.151 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1212, 56.2114, 14.4973)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC48 #4A48CC

analogous

#CC8C48 #CACC48 #88CC48

triadic

#CACC48 #48CACC #CC48CA

tetradic

#CACC48 #48CC8C #4A48CC #CC4888

square

#CACC48 #48CC8C #4A48CC #CC4888

split-complementary

#CACC48 #4888CC #8C48CC

monochromatic

#777821 #A6A82F #CACC48 #D8D978 #E6E7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#CACC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC48

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC48	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)

#DCC336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.151 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb82',
    500: '#cacc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc48;
$custom-light: #dddb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81946,
    "c": 0.15124,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC48

secondary

#393880

accent

#48E04A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC48

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

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