#CAC248#CAC248

#CAC248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.141 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC248
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -11.89, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 61.30, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0379 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.141 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8202, 51.6096, 13.7303)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC248 #4850CA

analogous

#CA8148 #CAC248 #91CA48

triadic

#CAC248 #48CAC2 #C248CA

tetradic

#CAC248 #48CA81 #4850CA #CA4891

square

#CAC248 #48CA81 #4850CA #CA4891

split-complementary

#CAC248 #4891CA #8148CA

monochromatic

#767022 #A59E30 #CAC248 #D8D277 #E5E2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#CAC248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC248

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC248	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.141 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd481',
    500: '#cac248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac248;
$custom-light: #ddd481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79804,
    "c": 0.14125,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC248

secondary

#383C7E

accent

#53DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC248

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

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