#CAC144#CAC144

#CAC144 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.143 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC144
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -11.61, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 62.54, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0376 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.143 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4722, 51.1155, 12.9914)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC144 #444DCA

analogous

#CA7E44 #CAC144 #90CA44

triadic

#CAC144 #44CAC1 #C144CA

tetradic

#CAC144 #44CA7E #444DCA #CA4490

square

#CAC144 #44CA7E #444DCA #CA4490

split-complementary

#CAC144 #4490CA #7E44CA

monochromatic

#736D21 #A39B2E #CAC144 #D8D174 #E5E1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#CAC144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC144

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC144	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)

#D1BA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.143 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd37f',
    500: '#cac144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac144;
$custom-light: #ddd37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79557,
    "c": 0.14324,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC144

secondary

#363B7C

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC144

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

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