#CAC32E#CAC32E

#CAC32E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.158 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC32E
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -13.66, 69.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 70.97, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0454 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.158 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3672, 51.7857, 10.2428)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC32E #2E35CA

analogous

#CA752E #CAC32E #83CA2E

triadic

#CAC32E #2ECAC3 #C32ECA

tetradic

#CAC32E #2ECA75 #2E35CA #CA2E83

square

#CAC32E #2ECA75 #2E35CA #CA2E83

split-complementary

#CAC32E #2E83CA #752ECA

monochromatic

#666317 #989323 #CAC32E #DAD45B #E5E18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC32E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CAC32E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC32E

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC32E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC32E	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac32e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.158 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded474',
    500: '#cac32e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac32e;
$custom-light: #ded474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac32e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.308,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79836,
    "c": 0.15835,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC32E

secondary

#2C2F70

accent

#49E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC32E

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

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