#CAC249#CAC249

#CAC249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.140 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC249
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -11.82, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 60.89, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0376 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.14 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8531, 51.6227, 13.9036)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC249 #4951CA

analogous

#CA8249 #CAC249 #92CA49

triadic

#CAC249 #49CAC2 #C249CA

tetradic

#CAC249 #49CA82 #4951CA #CA4992

square

#CAC249 #49CA82 #4951CA #CA4992

split-complementary

#CAC249 #4992CA #8249CA

monochromatic

#767122 #A69E30 #CAC249 #D8D278 #E6E2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#CAC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC249

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC249	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)

#D2BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.140 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd481',
    500: '#cac249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac249;
$custom-light: #ddd481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79813,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC249

secondary

#383D7F

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC249

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

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