#CAC344#CAC344

#CAC344 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.145 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC344
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -12.63, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 63.27, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0404 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.145 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9173, 52.0057, 13.1398)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC344 #444BCA

analogous

#CA8044 #CAC344 #8ECA44

triadic

#CAC344 #44CAC3 #C344CA

tetradic

#CAC344 #44CA80 #444BCA #CA448E

square

#CAC344 #44CA80 #444BCA #CA448E

split-complementary

#CAC344 #448ECA #8044CA

monochromatic

#736F21 #A39D2E #CAC344 #D8D274 #E5E2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CAC344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CAC344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC344

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC344	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)

#D3BC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.145 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd47f',
    500: '#cac344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac344;
$custom-light: #ddd47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79983,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC344

secondary

#363A7C

accent

#51DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC344

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

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