#CAC046#CAC046

#CAC046 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.141 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC046
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -10.99, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 61.37, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0356 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.141 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3139, 50.6997, 13.2449)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC046 #4650CA

analogous

#CA7E46 #CAC046 #92CA46

triadic

#CAC046 #46CAC0 #C046CA

tetradic

#CAC046 #46CA7E #4650CA #CA4692

square

#CAC046 #46CA7E #4650CA #CA4692

split-complementary

#CAC046 #4692CA #7E46CA

monochromatic

#746E21 #A49B2F #CAC046 #D8D076 #E5E0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CAC046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#CAC046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC046

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC046	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)

#D0BA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.141 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd280',
    500: '#cac046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac046;
$custom-light: #ddd280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79361,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC046

secondary

#373C7D

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC046

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

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