#CAC03E#CAC03E

#CAC03E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.146 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC03E
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -11.43, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 64.50, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0377 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.146 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0780, 50.6053, 12.0025)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC03E #3E48CA

analogous

#CA7A3E #CAC03E #8ECA3E

triadic

#CAC03E #3ECAC0 #C03ECA

tetradic

#CAC03E #3ECA7A #3E48CA #CA3E8E

square

#CAC03E #3ECA7A #3E48CA #CA3E8E

split-complementary

#CAC03E #3E8ECA #7A3ECA

monochromatic

#6F691F #9F972C #CAC03E #D7D06E #E4DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CAC03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#CAC03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC03E

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC03E	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)

#D1B92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.146 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded27b',
    500: '#cac03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac03e;
$custom-light: #ded27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79297,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC03E

secondary

#343978

accent

#53E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC03E

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

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