#CAC23B#CAC23B

#CAC23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.150 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC23B
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -12.59, 65.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 66.31, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0413 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.15 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4401, 51.4575, 11.7282)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC23B #3B43CA

analogous

#CA7A3B #CAC23B #8ACA3B

triadic

#CAC23B #3BCAC2 #C23BCA

tetradic

#CAC23B #3BCA7A #3B43CA #CA3B8A

square

#CAC23B #3BCA7A #3B43CA #CA3B8A

split-complementary

#CAC23B #3B8ACA #7A3BCA

monochromatic

#6D691E #9D972B #CAC23B #D7D16B #E4E09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#CAC23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC23B

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC23B	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)

#D3BB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.150 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47a',
    500: '#cac23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac23b;
$custom-light: #ded47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79702,
    "c": 0.1502,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC23B

secondary

#333677

accent

#50E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC23B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →