#CAC232#CAC232

#CAC232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.155 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC232
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 75.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -13.00, 68.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 69.39, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0432 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.155 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2265, 51.3721, 10.6032)
Luminance	0.5137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC232 #323ACA

analogous

#CA7632 #CAC232 #86CA32

triadic

#CAC232 #32CAC2 #C232CA

tetradic

#CAC232 #32CA76 #323ACA #CA3286

square

#CAC232 #32CA76 #323ACA #CA3286

split-complementary

#CAC232 #3286CA #7632CA

monochromatic

#68641A #999326 #CAC232 #D8D261 #E4E092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CAC232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC232

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC232	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)

#D3BB10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.155 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded475',
    500: '#cac232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac232;
$custom-light: #ded475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79644,
    "c": 0.1554,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC232

secondary

#2E3272

accent

#4DE344

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC232

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

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