#CACC52#CACC52

#CACC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; 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	#CACC52
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 82)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 59.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -16.28, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 61.09, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0493 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.144 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4743, 56.3527, 16.3573)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC52 #5452CC

analogous

#CC9152 #CACC52 #8DCC52

triadic

#CACC52 #52CACC #CC52CA

tetradic

#CACC52 #52CC91 #5452CC #CC528D

square

#CACC52 #52CC91 #5452CC #CC528D

split-complementary

#CACC52 #528DCC #9152CC

monochromatic

#7D7E25 #ACAE33 #CACC52 #D8DA81 #E7E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CACC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#CACC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC52

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC52	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)

#DBC444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.144 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb88',
    500: '#cacc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc52;
$custom-light: #dddb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.984,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82036,
    "c": 0.14356,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC52

secondary

#3D3C86

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC52

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

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