#CAC242#CAC242

#CAC242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.146 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC242
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -12.23, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 63.69, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0395 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.146 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6340, 51.5351, 12.7493)
Luminance	0.5153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC242 #424ACA

analogous

#CA7E42 #CAC242 #8ECA42

triadic

#CAC242 #42CAC2 #C242CA

tetradic

#CAC242 #42CA7E #424ACA #CA428E

square

#CAC242 #42CA7E #424ACA #CA428E

split-complementary

#CAC242 #428ECA #7E42CA

monochromatic

#726D20 #A29B2D #CAC242 #D7D172 #E5E1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#CAC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC242

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC242	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.146 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd47d',
    500: '#cac242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac242;
$custom-light: #ddd47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79754,
    "c": 0.14559,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC242

secondary

#353A7B

accent

#51DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC242

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

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