#CAC22F#CAC22F

#CAC22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.157 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC22F
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 76.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -13.11, 69.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 70.34, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0438 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.157 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1639, 51.3470, 10.2734)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC22F #2F37CA

analogous

#CA752F #CAC22F #85CA2F

triadic

#CAC22F #2FCAC2 #C22FCA

tetradic

#CAC22F #2FCA75 #2F37CA #CA2F85

square

#CAC22F #2FCA75 #2F37CA #CA2F85

split-complementary

#CAC22F #2F85CA #752FCA

monochromatic

#676318 #989223 #CAC22F #D9D35D #E5E08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CAC22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC22F

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC22F	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)

#D3BB05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.157 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded474',
    500: '#cac22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac22f;
$custom-light: #ded474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.903,
    "s": 62.249,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79627,
    "c": 0.15696,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC22F

secondary

#2C3071

accent

#4BE542

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC22F

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

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