#CAC24D#CAC24D

#CAC24D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.137 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC24D
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 61.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -11.57, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 59.21, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0365 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.137 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9900, 51.6775, 14.6246)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC24D #4D55CA

analogous

#CA844D #CAC24D #94CA4D

triadic

#CAC24D #4DCAC2 #C24DCA

tetradic

#CAC24D #4DCA84 #4D55CA #CA4D94

square

#CAC24D #4DCA84 #4D55CA #CA4D94

split-complementary

#CAC24D #4D94CA #844DCA

monochromatic

#797324 #A8A032 #CAC24D #D8D27C #E6E2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#CAC24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC24D

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC24D	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.137 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd484',
    500: '#cac24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac24d;
$custom-light: #ddd484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79849,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC24D

secondary

#3A3F81

accent

#54DD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC24D

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

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