#CAC044#CAC044

#CAC044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.142 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC044
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -11.10, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 62.18, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0361 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.142 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2519, 50.6748, 12.9180)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC044 #444ECA

analogous

#CA7D44 #CAC044 #91CA44

triadic

#CAC044 #44CAC0 #C044CA

tetradic

#CAC044 #44CA7D #444ECA #CA4491

square

#CAC044 #44CA7D #444ECA #CA4491

split-complementary

#CAC044 #4491CA #7D44CA

monochromatic

#736D21 #A39A2E #CAC044 #D8D074 #E5E0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CAC044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#CAC044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC044

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC044	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)

#D0B933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.142 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27e',
    500: '#cac044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac044;
$custom-light: #ddd27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79344,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC044

secondary

#363B7C

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC044

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

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