#CAC343#CAC343

#CAC343 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.146 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC343
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -12.68, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 63.67, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0407 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.146 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8870, 51.9936, 12.9804)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC343 #434ACA

analogous

#CA7F43 #CAC343 #8DCA43

triadic

#CAC343 #43CAC3 #C343CA

tetradic

#CAC343 #43CA7F #434ACA #CA438D

square

#CAC343 #43CA7F #434ACA #CA438D

split-complementary

#CAC343 #438DCA #7F43CA

monochromatic

#726E20 #A29C2E #CAC343 #D7D273 #E5E1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CAC343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CAC343 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC343

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC343	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)

#D3BC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.146 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd47e',
    500: '#cac343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac343;
$custom-light: #ddd47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79975,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC343

secondary

#36397B

accent

#50DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC343

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

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