#CAC052#CAC052

#CAC052 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.131 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC052
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -10.21, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 56.28, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.032 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.131 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7313, 50.8666, 15.4430)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC052 #525CCA

analogous

#CA8452 #CAC052 #98CA52

triadic

#CAC052 #52CAC0 #C052CA

tetradic

#CAC052 #52CA84 #525CCA #CA5298

square

#CAC052 #52CA84 #525CCA #CA5298

split-complementary

#CAC052 #5298CA #8452CA

monochromatic

#7C7526 #ABA134 #CAC052 #D8D181 #E7E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#CAC052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC052

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC052	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)

#D0BA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.131 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd287',
    500: '#cac052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac052;
$custom-light: #ddd287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79474,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC052

secondary

#3C4284

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC052

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

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