#CAC25E#CAC25E

#CAC25E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.123 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC25E
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 53.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -10.32, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 51.63, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.031 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.123 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6706, 51.9497, 18.2090)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC25E #5E66CA

analogous

#CA8C5E #CAC25E #9CCA5E

triadic

#CAC25E #5ECAC2 #C25ECA

tetradic

#CAC25E #5ECA8C #5E66CA #CA5E9C

square

#CAC25E #5ECA8C #5E66CA #CA5E9C

split-complementary

#CAC25E #5E9CCA #8C5ECA

monochromatic

#837C2B #B1A83A #CAC25E #D9D38C #E8E5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CAC25E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CAC25E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC25E

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC25E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC25E	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac25e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.123 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd48e',
    500: '#cac25e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac25e;
$custom-light: #dcd48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac25e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80032,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC25E

secondary

#42478A

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC25E

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

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