#CAC23E#CAC23E

#CAC23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.148 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC23E
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -12.44, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 65.21, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0405 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.148 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5201, 51.4895, 12.1498)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC23E #3E46CA

analogous

#CA7C3E #CAC23E #8CCA3E

triadic

#CAC23E #3ECAC2 #C23ECA

tetradic

#CAC23E #3ECA7C #3E46CA #CA3E8C

square

#CAC23E #3ECA7C #3E46CA #CA3E8C

split-complementary

#CAC23E #3E8CCA #7C3ECA

monochromatic

#6F6A1F #9F992C #CAC23E #D7D16E #E4E09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CAC23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC23E

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC23E	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)

#D2BB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.148 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47b',
    500: '#cac23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac23e;
$custom-light: #ded47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79723,
    "c": 0.14829,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC23E

secondary

#343878

accent

#50E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC23E

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

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