#CAC22D#CAC22D

#CAC22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.158 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC22D
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -13.19, 69.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 70.94, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0442 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.158 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1244, 51.3313, 10.0658)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC22D #2D35CA

analogous

#CA732D #CAC22D #83CA2D

triadic

#CAC22D #2DCAC2 #C22DCA

tetradic

#CAC22D #2DCA73 #2D35CA #CA2D83

square

#CAC22D #2DCA73 #2D35CA #CA2D83

split-complementary

#CAC22D #2D83CA #732DCA

monochromatic

#666217 #989222 #CAC22D #DAD45A #E5E18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CAC22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC22D

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC22D	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.158 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded473',
    500: '#cac22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac22d;
$custom-light: #ded473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.943,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79617,
    "c": 0.15794,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC22D

secondary

#2B2F70

accent

#4AE741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC22D

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

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