#CAC24E#CAC24E

#CAC24E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.137 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC24E
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -11.50, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 58.79, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0362 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.137 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0256, 51.6917, 14.8120)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC24E #4E56CA

analogous

#CA844E #CAC24E #94CA4E

triadic

#CAC24E #4ECAC2 #C24ECA

tetradic

#CAC24E #4ECA84 #4E56CA #CA4E94

square

#CAC24E #4ECA84 #4E56CA #CA4E94

split-complementary

#CAC24E #4E94CA #844ECA

monochromatic

#797424 #A8A132 #CAC24E #D8D27D #E6E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#CAC24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC24E

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC24E	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)

#D2BB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.137 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd484',
    500: '#cac24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac24e;
$custom-light: #ddd484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79859,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC24E

secondary

#3B3F82

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC24E

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

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