#CAC23A#CAC23A

#CAC23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.151 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC23A
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -12.64, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 66.67, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0415 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.151 106)
XYZ	xyz(44.4144, 51.4472, 11.5929)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC23A #3A42CA

analogous

#CA7A3A #CAC23A #8ACA3A

triadic

#CAC23A #3ACAC2 #C23ACA

tetradic

#CAC23A #3ACA7A #3A42CA #CA3A8A

square

#CAC23A #3ACA7A #3A42CA #CA3A8A

split-complementary

#CAC23A #3A8ACA #7A3ACA

monochromatic

#6C681D #9D962A #CAC23A #D7D16A #E4E09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#CAC23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC23A

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC23A	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.151 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded479',
    500: '#cac23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac23a;
$custom-light: #ded479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79695,
    "c": 0.15082,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.51446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC23A

secondary

#323676

accent

#50E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC23A

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

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