#CAC35A#CAC35A

#CAC35A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.127 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC35A
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 55.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -11.15, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 53.88, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0338 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.127 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7191, 52.3264, 17.3626)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC35A #5A61CA

analogous

#CA8B5A #CAC35A #99CA5A

triadic

#CAC35A #5ACAC3 #C35ACA

tetradic

#CAC35A #5ACA8B #5A61CA #CA5A99

square

#CAC35A #5ACA8B #5A61CA #CA5A99

split-complementary

#CAC35A #5A99CA #8B5ACA

monochromatic

#807B29 #AFA738 #CAC35A #D9D488 #E8E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CAC35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC35A

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC35A	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.127 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd48c',
    500: '#cac35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac35a;
$custom-light: #dcd48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80197,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC35A

secondary

#404588

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC35A

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

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