#CACC56#CACC56

#CACC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.140 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC56
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -16.00, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 59.37, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.048 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.14 110)
XYZ	xyz(47.6310, 56.4154, 17.1825)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC56 #5856CC

analogous

#CC9356 #CACC56 #8FCC56

triadic

#CACC56 #56CACC #CC56CA

tetradic

#CACC56 #56CC93 #5856CC #CC568F

square

#CACC56 #56CC93 #5856CC #CC568F

split-complementary

#CACC56 #568FCC #9356CC

monochromatic

#7F8127 #AEB035 #CACC56 #D9DA85 #E7E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CACC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#CACC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC56

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC56	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)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.140 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb8a',
    500: '#cacc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc56;
$custom-light: #dddb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82076,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.56414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC56

secondary

#3F3E88

accent

#4BDD4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC56

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

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