#CAC243#CAC243

#CAC243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.145 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC243
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -12.18, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 63.30, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0393 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.145 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6637, 51.5470, 12.9060)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC243 #434BCA

analogous

#CA7E43 #CAC243 #8FCA43

triadic

#CAC243 #43CAC2 #C243CA

tetradic

#CAC243 #43CA7E #434BCA #CA438F

square

#CAC243 #43CA7E #434BCA #CA438F

split-complementary

#CAC243 #438FCA #7E43CA

monochromatic

#726D20 #A29B2E #CAC243 #D7D173 #E5E1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#CAC243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC243

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC243	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)

#D2BB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.145 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd47e',
    500: '#cac243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac243;
$custom-light: #ddd47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79762,
    "c": 0.14489,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC243

secondary

#363A7B

accent

#51DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC243

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

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