#CAC03D#CAC03D

#CAC03D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.147 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC03D
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -11.48, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 64.88, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0379 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.147 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0508, 50.5944, 11.8593)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC03D #3D47CA

analogous

#CA7A3D #CAC03D #8ECA3D

triadic

#CAC03D #3DCAC0 #C03DCA

tetradic

#CAC03D #3DCA7A #3D47CA #CA3D8E

square

#CAC03D #3DCA7A #3D47CA #CA3D8E

split-complementary

#CAC03D #3D8ECA #7A3DCA

monochromatic

#6E691E #9F962B #CAC03D #D7D06D #E4DF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CAC03D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#CAC03D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC03D

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC03D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC03D	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.147 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded27b',
    500: '#cac03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac03d;
$custom-light: #ded27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7929,
    "c": 0.14709,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC03D

secondary

#333878

accent

#52E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC03D

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

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