#CAC23F#CAC23F

#CAC23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.148 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC23F
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 68.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -12.39, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 64.84, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0403 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.148 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5478, 51.5006, 12.2957)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC23F #3F47CA

analogous

#CA7D3F #CAC23F #8DCA3F

triadic

#CAC23F #3FCAC2 #C23FCA

tetradic

#CAC23F #3FCA7D #3F47CA #CA3F8D

square

#CAC23F #3FCA7D #3F47CA #CA3F8D

split-complementary

#CAC23F #3F8DCA #7D3FCA

monochromatic

#706B1F #A0992C #CAC23F #D7D16F #E4E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CAC23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC23F

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC23F	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)

#D2BB2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.148 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47c',
    500: '#cac23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac23f;
$custom-light: #ded47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.547,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79731,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC23F

secondary

#343879

accent

#51E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC23F

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

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