#CACC49#CACC49

#CACC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.151 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC49
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -16.86, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 64.77, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0518 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.151 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1541, 56.2246, 14.6705)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC49 #4B49CC

analogous

#CC8D49 #CACC49 #89CC49

triadic

#CACC49 #49CACC #CC49CA

tetradic

#CACC49 #49CC8D #4B49CC #CC4989

square

#CACC49 #49CC8D #4B49CC #CC4989

split-complementary

#CACC49 #4989CC #8D49CC

monochromatic

#777922 #A7A92F #CACC49 #D8D979 #E6E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#CACC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC49

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC49	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)

#DBC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.151 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb82',
    500: '#cacc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc49;
$custom-light: #dddb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.916,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81955,
    "c": 0.15051,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC49

secondary

#393881

accent

#48E04B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC49

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

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