#CAC043#CAC043

#CAC043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.143 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC043
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -11.16, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 62.57, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0364 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.143 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2216, 50.6627, 12.7586)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC043 #434DCA

analogous

#CA7D43 #CAC043 #90CA43

triadic

#CAC043 #43CAC0 #C043CA

tetradic

#CAC043 #43CA7D #434DCA #CA4390

square

#CAC043 #43CA7D #434DCA #CA4390

split-complementary

#CAC043 #4390CA #7D43CA

monochromatic

#726C20 #A2992E #CAC043 #D7D073 #E5E0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CAC043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#CAC043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC043

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC043	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.143 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27e',
    500: '#cac043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac043;
$custom-light: #ddd27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79336,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC043

secondary

#363B7B

accent

#54DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC043

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

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