#CAC02C#CAC02C

#CAC02C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.157 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC02C
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 78.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -12.21, 69.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 70.58, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0415 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.157 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6633, 50.4394, 9.8182)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC02C #2C36CA

analogous

#CA712C #CAC02C #85CA2C

triadic

#CAC02C #2CCAC0 #C02CCA

tetradic

#CAC02C #2CCA71 #2C36CA #CA2C85

square

#CAC02C #2CCA71 #2C36CA #CA2C85

split-complementary

#CAC02C #2C85CA #712CCA

monochromatic

#656016 #989021 #CAC02C #DBD258 #E6E08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CAC02C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#CAC02C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC02C

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC02C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC02C	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac02c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.157 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded272',
    500: '#cac02c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac02c;
$custom-light: #ded272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac02c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.203,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79184,
    "c": 0.15666,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC02C

secondary

#2A2F70

accent

#4BE741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC02C

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

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