#CAC24A#CAC24A

#CAC24A 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 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC24A
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -11.76, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 60.47, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0373 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.14 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8866, 51.6361, 14.0796)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC24A #4A52CA

analogous

#CA824A #CAC24A #92CA4A

triadic

#CAC24A #4ACAC2 #C24ACA

tetradic

#CAC24A #4ACA82 #4A52CA #CA4A92

square

#CAC24A #4ACA82 #4A52CA #CA4A92

split-complementary

#CAC24A #4A92CA #824ACA

monochromatic

#777223 #A69F31 #CAC24A #D8D279 #E6E2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CAC24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC24A

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC24A	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.140 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd482',
    500: '#cac24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac24a;
$custom-light: #ddd482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79822,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC24A

secondary

#393D7F

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC24A

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

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