#CAC142#CAC142

#CAC142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.145 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC142
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -11.72, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 63.33, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0381 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.145 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4122, 51.0915, 12.6754)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC142 #424BCA

analogous

#CA7D42 #CAC142 #8FCA42

triadic

#CAC142 #42CAC1 #C142CA

tetradic

#CAC142 #42CA7D #424BCA #CA428F

square

#CAC142 #42CA7D #424BCA #CA428F

split-complementary

#CAC142 #428FCA #7D42CA

monochromatic

#726C20 #A29A2D #CAC142 #D7D172 #E5E0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#CAC142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC142

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC142	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.145 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd37d',
    500: '#cac142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac142;
$custom-light: #ddd37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79541,
    "c": 0.14465,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC142

secondary

#353A7B

accent

#52DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC142

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

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