#CACC51#CACC51

#CACC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.144 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC51
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -16.35, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 61.51, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0496 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.144 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4366, 56.3376, 16.1584)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC51 #5351CC

analogous

#CC9051 #CACC51 #8CCC51

triadic

#CACC51 #51CACC #CC51CA

tetradic

#CACC51 #51CC90 #5351CC #CC518C

square

#CACC51 #51CC90 #5351CC #CC518C

split-complementary

#CACC51 #518CCC #9051CC

monochromatic

#7C7E25 #ABAD33 #CACC51 #D8DA80 #E7E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CACC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#CACC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC51

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC51	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.144 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb87',
    500: '#cacc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc51;
$custom-light: #dddb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.976,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82027,
    "c": 0.14436,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC51

secondary

#3D3C86

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC51

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

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