#CAC23D#CAC23D

#CAC23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.149 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC23D
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -12.50, 64.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 65.58, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0408 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.149 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4930, 51.4787, 12.0067)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC23D #3D45CA

analogous

#CA7C3D #CAC23D #8CCA3D

triadic

#CAC23D #3DCAC2 #C23DCA

tetradic

#CAC23D #3DCA7C #3D45CA #CA3D8C

square

#CAC23D #3DCA7C #3D45CA #CA3D8C

split-complementary

#CAC23D #3D8CCA #7C3DCA

monochromatic

#6E6A1E #9F982B #CAC23D #D7D16D #E4E09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CAC23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC23D

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC23D	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.149 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47b',
    500: '#cac23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac23d;
$custom-light: #ded47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79716,
    "c": 0.14893,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC23D

secondary

#333778

accent

#50E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC23D

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

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