#CAC24C#CAC24C

#CAC24C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.138 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC24C
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 76)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 62.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -11.64, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 59.64, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0367 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.138 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9550, 51.6635, 14.4401)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC24C #4C54CA

analogous

#CA834C #CAC24C #93CA4C

triadic

#CAC24C #4CCAC2 #C24CCA

tetradic

#CAC24C #4CCA83 #4C54CA #CA4C93

square

#CAC24C #4CCA83 #4C54CA #CA4C93

split-complementary

#CAC24C #4C93CA #834CCA

monochromatic

#787324 #A7A032 #CAC24C #D8D27B #E6E2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CAC24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC24C

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC24C	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)

#D2BB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.138 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd483',
    500: '#cac24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac24c;
$custom-light: #ddd483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7984,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC24C

secondary

#3A3E80

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC24C

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

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