#CAC038#CAC038

#CAC038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.150 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC038
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -11.72, 65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 66.69, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0391 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.15 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9224, 50.5430, 11.1828)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC038 #3842CA

analogous

#CA7738 #CAC038 #8BCA38

triadic

#CAC038 #38CAC0 #C038CA

tetradic

#CAC038 #38CA77 #3842CA #CA388B

square

#CAC038 #38CA77 #3842CA #CA388B

split-complementary

#CAC038 #388BCA #7738CA

monochromatic

#6B661D #9B9429 #CAC038 #D7CF68 #E4DF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CAC038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#CAC038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC038

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC038	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.150 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded278',
    500: '#cac038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac038;
$custom-light: #ded278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79255,
    "c": 0.15022,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC038

secondary

#313675

accent

#51E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC038

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

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