#CAC33B#CAC33B

#CAC33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.151 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC33B
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -13.10, 65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 66.67, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0427 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.151 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6634, 51.9041, 11.8027)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC33B #3B42CA

analogous

#CA7B3B #CAC33B #89CA3B

triadic

#CAC33B #3BCAC3 #C33BCA

tetradic

#CAC33B #3BCA7B #3B42CA #CA3B89

square

#CAC33B #3BCA7B #3B42CA #CA3B89

split-complementary

#CAC33B #3B89CA #7B3BCA

monochromatic

#6D691E #9D982B #CAC33B #D7D26B #E4E09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CAC33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC33B

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC33B	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)

#D4BC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.151 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47a',
    500: '#cac33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac33b;
$custom-light: #ded47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.063,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79915,
    "c": 0.15113,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC33B

secondary

#333677

accent

#4FE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC33B

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

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