#CAC33D#CAC33D

#CAC33D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.150 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC33D
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -13.00, 64.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 65.94, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0422 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.15 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7163, 51.9253, 12.0811)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC33D #3D44CA

analogous

#CA7D3D #CAC33D #8BCA3D

triadic

#CAC33D #3DCAC3 #C33DCA

tetradic

#CAC33D #3DCA7D #3D44CA #CA3D8B

square

#CAC33D #3DCA7D #3D44CA #CA3D8B

split-complementary

#CAC33D #3D8BCA #7D3DCA

monochromatic

#6E6A1E #9F992B #CAC33D #D7D26D #E4E19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CAC33D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CAC33D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC33D

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC33D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC33D	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	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)

#D3BC27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac33d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.150 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47b',
    500: '#cac33d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac33d;
$custom-light: #ded47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac33d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.021,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79929,
    "c": 0.14987,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC33D

secondary

#333778

accent

#4FE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC33D

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

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