#CAC05A#CAC05A

#CAC05A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.124 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC05A
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 55.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -9.61, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 52.68, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0294 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.124 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0537, 50.9955, 17.1408)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC05A #5A64CA

analogous

#CA885A #CAC05A #9CCA5A

triadic

#CAC05A #5ACAC0 #C05ACA

tetradic

#CAC05A #5ACA88 #5A64CA #CA5A9C

square

#CAC05A #5ACA88 #5A64CA #CA5A9C

split-complementary

#CAC05A #5A9CCA #885ACA

monochromatic

#807929 #AFA438 #CAC05A #D9D288 #E8E3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#CAC05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC05A

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC05A	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.124 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd28c',
    500: '#cac05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac05a;
$custom-light: #dcd28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79562,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC05A

secondary

#404788

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC05A

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

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