#CAC148#CAC148

#CAC148 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.140 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC148
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -11.38, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 60.92, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0365 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.14 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5984, 51.1660, 13.6564)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC148 #4851CA

analogous

#CA8048 #CAC148 #92CA48

triadic

#CAC148 #48CAC1 #C148CA

tetradic

#CAC148 #48CA80 #4851CA #CA4892

square

#CAC148 #48CA80 #4851CA #CA4892

split-complementary

#CAC148 #4892CA #8048CA

monochromatic

#767022 #A59D30 #CAC148 #D8D177 #E5E1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#CAC148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC148

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC148	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)

#D1BA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.140 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd381',
    500: '#cac148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac148;
$custom-light: #ddd381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79591,
    "c": 0.1403,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC148

secondary

#383D7E

accent

#54DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC148

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

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