#CAC348#CAC348

#CAC348 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.142 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC348
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -12.39, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 61.67, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0393 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.142 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0435, 52.0562, 13.8048)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC348 #484FCA

analogous

#CA8248 #CAC348 #90CA48

triadic

#CAC348 #48CAC3 #C348CA

tetradic

#CAC348 #48CA82 #484FCA #CA4890

square

#CAC348 #48CA82 #484FCA #CA4890

split-complementary

#CAC348 #4890CA #8248CA

monochromatic

#767122 #A59F30 #CAC348 #D8D377 #E5E2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CAC348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CAC348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC348

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC348	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.142 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd481',
    500: '#cac348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac348;
$custom-light: #ddd481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80017,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC348

secondary

#383C7E

accent

#51DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC348

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

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