#CAC12E#CAC12E

#CAC12E 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	#CAC12E
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -12.64, 69.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 70.31, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0426 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.157 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9221, 50.8954, 10.0944)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC12E #2E37CA

analogous

#CA732E #CAC12E #85CA2E

triadic

#CAC12E #2ECAC1 #C12ECA

tetradic

#CAC12E #2ECA73 #2E37CA #CA2E85

square

#CAC12E #2ECA73 #2E37CA #CA2E85

split-complementary

#CAC12E #2E85CA #732ECA

monochromatic

#666217 #989123 #CAC12E #DAD25B #E5E08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#CAC12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC12E

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC12E	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)

#D2BA03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.157 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded373',
    500: '#cac12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac12e;
$custom-light: #ded373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79408,
    "c": 0.15656,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC12E

secondary

#2C3070

accent

#4BE642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC12E

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

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