#CAC150#CAC150

#CAC150 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.134 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC150
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -10.86, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 57.54, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0341 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.134 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8766, 51.2772, 15.1214)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC150 #5059CA

analogous

#CA8450 #CAC150 #96CA50

triadic

#CAC150 #50CAC1 #C150CA

tetradic

#CAC150 #50CA84 #5059CA #CA5096

square

#CAC150 #50CA84 #5059CA #CA5096

split-complementary

#CAC150 #5096CA #8450CA

monochromatic

#7A7425 #A9A133 #CAC150 #D8D27F #E6E2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#CAC150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC150

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC150	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.134 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd386',
    500: '#cac150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac150;
$custom-light: #ddd386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79666,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC150

secondary

#3B4183

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC150

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

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