#CAC03F#CAC03F

#CAC03F 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	#CAC03F
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 68.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -11.38, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 64.12, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0374 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.146 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1057, 50.6164, 12.1483)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC03F #3F49CA

analogous

#CA7A3F #CAC03F #8FCA3F

triadic

#CAC03F #3FCAC0 #C03FCA

tetradic

#CAC03F #3FCA7A #3F49CA #CA3F8F

square

#CAC03F #3FCA7A #3F49CA #CA3F8F

split-complementary

#CAC03F #3F8FCA #7A3FCA

monochromatic

#706A1F #A0972C #CAC03F #D7D06F #E4DF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CAC03F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#CAC03F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC03F

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC03F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC03F	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)

#D1B92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac03f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.146 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded27c',
    500: '#cac03f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac03f;
$custom-light: #ded27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac03f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79304,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC03F

secondary

#343979

accent

#53E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC03F

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

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