#CAC252#CAC252

#CAC252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.133 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC252
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -11.23, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 57.06, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0349 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.133 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1734, 51.7508, 15.5904)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC252 #525ACA

analogous

#CA8652 #CAC252 #96CA52

triadic

#CAC252 #52CAC2 #C252CA

tetradic

#CAC252 #52CA86 #525ACA #CA5296

square

#CAC252 #52CA86 #525ACA #CA5296

split-complementary

#CAC252 #5296CA #8652CA

monochromatic

#7C7626 #ABA334 #CAC252 #D8D381 #E7E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#CAC252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC252

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC252	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.133 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd487',
    500: '#cac252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac252;
$custom-light: #ddd487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79898,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC252

secondary

#3C4184

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC252

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

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