#CAC32C#CAC32C

#CAC32C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.159 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC32C
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 78.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -13.73, 70.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 71.57, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0458 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.159 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3287, 51.7703, 10.0400)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC32C #2C33CA

analogous

#CA742C #CAC32C #82CA2C

triadic

#CAC32C #2CCAC3 #C32CCA

tetradic

#CAC32C #2CCA74 #2C33CA #CA2C82

square

#CAC32C #2CCA74 #2C33CA #CA2C82

split-complementary

#CAC32C #2C82CA #742CCA

monochromatic

#656216 #989221 #CAC32C #DBD558 #E6E28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC32C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#CAC32C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC32C

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC32C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC32C	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)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac32c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.159 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded473',
    500: '#cac32c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac32c;
$custom-light: #ded473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac32c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.342,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79826,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC32C

secondary

#2A2E70

accent

#48E741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC32C

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

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