#CACC55#CACC55

#CACC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.141 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC55
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -16.07, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 59.81, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0483 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.141 110)
XYZ	xyz(47.5910, 56.3994, 16.9718)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC55 #5755CC

analogous

#CC9355 #CACC55 #8FCC55

triadic

#CACC55 #55CACC #CC55CA

tetradic

#CACC55 #55CC93 #5755CC #CC558F

square

#CACC55 #55CC93 #5755CC #CC558F

split-complementary

#CACC55 #558FCC #9355CC

monochromatic

#7F8026 #ADAF35 #CACC55 #D9DA84 #E7E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CACC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#CACC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC55

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC55	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.141 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb89',
    500: '#cacc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc55;
$custom-light: #dddb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.008,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82066,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.56398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC55

secondary

#3F3D88

accent

#4BDD4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC55

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

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