#CAC049#CAC049

#CAC049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.139 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC049
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -10.80, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 60.14, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0347 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.139 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4110, 50.7385, 13.7562)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC049 #4953CA

analogous

#CA8049 #CAC049 #94CA49

triadic

#CAC049 #49CAC0 #C049CA

tetradic

#CAC049 #49CA80 #4953CA #CA4994

square

#CAC049 #49CA80 #4953CA #CA4994

split-complementary

#CAC049 #4994CA #8049CA

monochromatic

#767022 #A69C30 #CAC049 #D8D078 #E6E1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#CAC049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC049

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC049	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.139 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd281',
    500: '#cac049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac049;
$custom-light: #ddd281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79387,
    "c": 0.13859,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC049

secondary

#383E7F

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC049

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

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