#CAC245#CAC245

#CAC245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.143 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC245
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -12.06, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 62.51, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0387 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.143 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7248, 51.5714, 13.2274)
Luminance	0.5157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC245 #454DCA

analogous

#CA7F45 #CAC245 #8FCA45

triadic

#CAC245 #45CAC2 #C245CA

tetradic

#CAC245 #45CA7F #454DCA #CA458F

square

#CAC245 #45CA7F #454DCA #CA458F

split-complementary

#CAC245 #458FCA #7F45CA

monochromatic

#746F21 #A39C2F #CAC245 #D8D275 #E5E1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#CAC245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC245

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC245	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)

#D2BB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.143 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd47f',
    500: '#cac245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac245;
$custom-light: #ddd47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79778,
    "c": 0.14347,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC245

secondary

#373B7D

accent

#52DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC245

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

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