#CAC33E#CAC33E

#CAC33E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.149 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC33E
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -12.95, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 65.57, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.042 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.149 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7435, 51.9361, 12.2243)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC33E #3E45CA

analogous

#CA7D3E #CAC33E #8BCA3E

triadic

#CAC33E #3ECAC3 #C33ECA

tetradic

#CAC33E #3ECA7D #3E45CA #CA3E8B

square

#CAC33E #3ECA7D #3E45CA #CA3E8B

split-complementary

#CAC33E #3E8BCA #7D3ECA

monochromatic

#6F6B1F #9F992C #CAC33E #D7D26E #E4E19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CAC33E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CAC33E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC33E

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC33E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC33E	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac33e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.149 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47b',
    500: '#cac33e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac33e;
$custom-light: #ded47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac33e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79937,
    "c": 0.14922,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC33E

secondary

#343778

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC33E

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

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