#CAC35C#CAC35C

#CAC35C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.125 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC35C
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 54.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -10.99, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 52.96, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0331 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.125 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8054, 52.3609, 17.8169)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC35C #5C63CA

analogous

#CA8C5C #CAC35C #9ACA5C

triadic

#CAC35C #5CCAC3 #C35CCA

tetradic

#CAC35C #5CCA8C #5C63CA #CA5C9A

square

#CAC35C #5CCA8C #5C63CA #CA5C9A

split-complementary

#CAC35C #5C9ACA #8C5CCA

monochromatic

#817C2A #B0A839 #CAC35C #D9D48A #E8E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC35C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CAC35C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC35C

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC35C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC35C	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)

#D2BD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac35c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.125 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd48d',
    500: '#cac35c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac35c;
$custom-light: #dcd48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac35c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 50.926,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8022,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC35C

secondary

#414689

accent

#56DA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC35C

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

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