#CAC03A#CAC03A

#CAC03A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.149 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC03A
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -11.63, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 65.98, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0386 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.149 105)
XYZ	xyz(43.9723, 50.5630, 11.4456)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC03A #3A44CA

analogous

#CA783A #CAC03A #8CCA3A

triadic

#CAC03A #3ACAC0 #C03ACA

tetradic

#CAC03A #3ACA78 #3A44CA #CA3A8C

square

#CAC03A #3ACA78 #3A44CA #CA3A8C

split-complementary

#CAC03A #3A8CCA #783ACA

monochromatic

#6C671D #9D952A #CAC03A #D7CF6A #E4DF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CAC03A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#CAC03A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC03A

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC03A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC03A	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)

#D1B923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac03a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.149 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded279',
    500: '#cac03a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac03a;
$custom-light: #ded279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac03a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79268,
    "c": 0.14899,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.50561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC03A

secondary

#323776

accent

#52E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC03A

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

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