#CAC33A#CAC33A

#CAC33A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.152 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC33A
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -13.15, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 67.03, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0429 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.152 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6377, 51.8938, 11.6674)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC33A #3A41CA

analogous

#CA7B3A #CAC33A #89CA3A

triadic

#CAC33A #3ACAC3 #C33ACA

tetradic

#CAC33A #3ACA7B #3A41CA #CA3A89

square

#CAC33A #3ACA7B #3A41CA #CA3A89

split-complementary

#CAC33A #3A89CA #7B3ACA

monochromatic

#6C691D #9D972A #CAC33A #D7D26A #E4E09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC33A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CAC33A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC33A

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC33A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC33A	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac33a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.152 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded479',
    500: '#cac33a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac33a;
$custom-light: #ded479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac33a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.083,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79908,
    "c": 0.15174,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC33A

secondary

#323576

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC33A

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

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