#CAC263#CAC263

#CAC263 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.118 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC263
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 99)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 51%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -9.90, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 49.28, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.0293 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.118 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9023, 52.0424, 19.4292)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC263 #636BCA

analogous

#CA8F63 #CAC263 #9FCA63

triadic

#CAC263 #63CAC2 #C263CA

tetradic

#CAC263 #63CA8F #636BCA #CA639F

square

#CAC263 #63CA8F #636BCA #CA639F

split-complementary

#CAC263 #639FCA #8F63CA

monochromatic

#857E2D #B3AA3D #CAC263 #DAD491 #E9E6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CAC263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CAC263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC263

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC263	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.118 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd492',
    500: '#cac263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac263;
$custom-light: #dcd492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.34,
    "s": 49.282,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80094,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC263

secondary

#454A8D

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC263

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

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