#CAC342#CAC342

#CAC342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.147 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC342
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -12.74, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 64.05, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0409 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.147 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8573, 51.9817, 12.8238)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC342 #4249CA

analogous

#CA7F42 #CAC342 #8DCA42

triadic

#CAC342 #42CAC3 #C342CA

tetradic

#CAC342 #42CA7F #4249CA #CA428D

square

#CAC342 #42CA7F #4249CA #CA428D

split-complementary

#CAC342 #428DCA #7F42CA

monochromatic

#726E20 #A29C2D #CAC342 #D7D272 #E5E1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CAC342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CAC342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC342

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC342	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.147 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd47e',
    500: '#cac342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac342;
$custom-light: #ddd47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79967,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC342

secondary

#35397B

accent

#50DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC342

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

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