#CAC12D#CAC12D

#CAC12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.157 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC12D
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -12.68, 69.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 70.61, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0428 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.157 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9026, 50.8876, 9.9918)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC12D #2D36CA

analogous

#CA732D #CAC12D #84CA2D

triadic

#CAC12D #2DCAC1 #C12DCA

tetradic

#CAC12D #2DCA73 #2D36CA #CA2D84

square

#CAC12D #2DCA73 #2D36CA #CA2D84

split-complementary

#CAC12D #2D84CA #732DCA

monochromatic

#666117 #989122 #CAC12D #DAD35A #E5E08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#CAC12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC12D

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC12D	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.157 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded373',
    500: '#cac12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac12d;
$custom-light: #ded373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.561,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79403,
    "c": 0.15706,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC12D

secondary

#2B2F70

accent

#4BE741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC12D

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

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