#CAC12F#CAC12F

#CAC12F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.156 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC12F
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 76.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -12.61, 68.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 70.00, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0424 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.156 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9421, 50.9034, 10.1995)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC12F #2F38CA

analogous

#CA742F #CAC12F #86CA2F

triadic

#CAC12F #2FCAC1 #C12FCA

tetradic

#CAC12F #2FCA74 #2F38CA #CA2F86

square

#CAC12F #2FCA74 #2F38CA #CA2F86

split-complementary

#CAC12F #2F86CA #742FCA

monochromatic

#676218 #989223 #CAC12F #D9D25D #E5E08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC12F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#CAC12F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC12F

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC12F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC12F	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)

#D2BA06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac12f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.156 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded374',
    500: '#cac12f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac12f;
$custom-light: #ded374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac12f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.516,
    "s": 62.249,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79414,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC12F

secondary

#2C3071

accent

#4CE542

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC12F

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

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