#CAC03B#CAC03B

#CAC03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.148 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC03B
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -11.58, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 65.61, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0384 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.148 105)
XYZ	xyz(43.9980, 50.5733, 11.5808)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC03B #3B45CA

analogous

#CA783B #CAC03B #8CCA3B

triadic

#CAC03B #3BCAC0 #C03BCA

tetradic

#CAC03B #3BCA78 #3B45CA #CA3B8C

square

#CAC03B #3BCA78 #3B45CA #CA3B8C

split-complementary

#CAC03B #3B8CCA #783BCA

monochromatic

#6D681E #9D952B #CAC03B #D7CF6B #E4DF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CAC03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#CAC03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC03B

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC03B	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)

#D1B925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.148 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded279',
    500: '#cac03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac03b;
$custom-light: #ded279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.804,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79275,
    "c": 0.14837,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.50572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC03B

secondary

#333777

accent

#52E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC03B

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

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