#CAC050#CAC050

#CAC050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.133 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC050
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -10.35, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 57.16, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0326 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.133 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6563, 50.8366, 15.0480)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC050 #505ACA

analogous

#CA8350 #CAC050 #97CA50

triadic

#CAC050 #50CAC0 #C050CA

tetradic

#CAC050 #50CA83 #505ACA #CA5097

square

#CAC050 #50CA83 #505ACA #CA5097

split-complementary

#CAC050 #5097CA #8350CA

monochromatic

#7A7325 #A9A033 #CAC050 #D8D17F #E6E2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#CAC050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC050

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC050	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.133 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd286',
    500: '#cac050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac050;
$custom-light: #ddd286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79454,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC050

secondary

#3B4183

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC050

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

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