#CAC22B#CAC22B

#CAC22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.159 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC22B
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 78.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -13.26, 70.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 71.52, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0445 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.159 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0868, 51.3162, 9.8678)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC22B #2B33CA

analogous

#CA722B #CAC22B #82CA2B

triadic

#CAC22B #2BCAC2 #C22BCA

tetradic

#CAC22B #2BCA72 #2B33CA #CA2B82

square

#CAC22B #2BCA72 #2B33CA #CA2B82

split-complementary

#CAC22B #2B82CA #722BCA

monochromatic

#656116 #989220 #CAC22B #DBD557 #E6E189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#CAC22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC22B

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC22B	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	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)

#D3BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.159 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded472',
    500: '#cac22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac22b;
$custom-light: #ded472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.981,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79607,
    "c": 0.15888,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC22B

secondary

#2A2D6F

accent

#48E840

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC22B

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

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