#CAC24B#CAC24B

#CAC24B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.139 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC24B
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 62.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -11.70, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 60.06, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.037 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.139 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9205, 51.6497, 14.2584)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC24B #4B53CA

analogous

#CA824B #CAC24B #93CA4B

triadic

#CAC24B #4BCAC2 #C24BCA

tetradic

#CAC24B #4BCA82 #4B53CA #CA4B93

square

#CAC24B #4BCA82 #4B53CA #CA4B93

split-complementary

#CAC24B #4B93CA #824BCA

monochromatic

#777223 #A79F31 #CAC24B #D8D27A #E6E2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC24B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CAC24B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC24B

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC24B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC24B	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)

#D2BB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac24b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.139 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd483',
    500: '#cac24b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac24b;
$custom-light: #ddd483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac24b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79831,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC24B

secondary

#393E80

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC24B

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

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