#CAC048#CAC048

#CAC048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.139 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC048
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -10.87, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 60.55, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.035 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.139 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3781, 50.7253, 13.5830)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC048 #4852CA

analogous

#CA7F48 #CAC048 #93CA48

triadic

#CAC048 #48CAC0 #C048CA

tetradic

#CAC048 #48CA7F #4852CA #CA4893

square

#CAC048 #48CA7F #4852CA #CA4893

split-complementary

#CAC048 #4893CA #7F48CA

monochromatic

#766F22 #A59C30 #CAC048 #D8D077 #E5E1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#CAC048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC048

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC048	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	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)

#D0BA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.139 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd281',
    500: '#cac048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac048;
$custom-light: #ddd281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79378,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC048

secondary

#383D7E

accent

#55DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC048

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

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