#CAC045#CAC045

#CAC045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.142 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC045
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -11.04, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 61.78, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0358 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.142 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2826, 50.6871, 13.0801)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC045 #454FCA

analogous

#CA7D45 #CAC045 #91CA45

triadic

#CAC045 #45CAC0 #C045CA

tetradic

#CAC045 #45CA7D #454FCA #CA4591

square

#CAC045 #45CA7D #454FCA #CA4591

split-complementary

#CAC045 #4591CA #7D45CA

monochromatic

#746D21 #A39A2F #CAC045 #D8D075 #E5E0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CAC045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#CAC045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC045

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC045	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.142 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27f',
    500: '#cac045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac045;
$custom-light: #ddd27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79353,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC045

secondary

#373C7D

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC045

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

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