#CAC145#CAC145

#CAC145 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 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC145
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -11.55, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 62.14, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0373 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.143 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5029, 51.1278, 13.1535)
Luminance	0.5113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC145 #454ECA

analogous

#CA7E45 #CAC145 #90CA45

triadic

#CAC145 #45CAC1 #C145CA

tetradic

#CAC145 #45CA7E #454ECA #CA4590

square

#CAC145 #45CA7E #454ECA #CA4590

split-complementary

#CAC145 #4590CA #7E45CA

monochromatic

#746E21 #A39B2F #CAC145 #D8D175 #E5E1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#CAC145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC145

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC145	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.143 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd37f',
    500: '#cac145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac145;
$custom-light: #ddd37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79565,
    "c": 0.14252,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC145

secondary

#373B7D

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC145

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

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