#CAC35F#CAC35F

#CAC35F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.123 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC35F
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 53%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -10.75, 50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 51.57, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0321 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.123 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9391, 52.4144, 18.5213)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC35F #5F66CA

analogous

#CA8D5F #CAC35F #9BCA5F

triadic

#CAC35F #5FCAC3 #C35FCA

tetradic

#CAC35F #5FCA8D #5F66CA #CA5F9B

square

#CAC35F #5FCA8D #5F66CA #CA5F9B

split-complementary

#CAC35F #5F9BCA #8D5FCA

monochromatic

#837D2B #B1A93B #CAC35F #D9D48D #E8E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC35F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CAC35F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC35F

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC35F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC35F	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac35f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.123 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd58f',
    500: '#cac35f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac35f;
$custom-light: #dcd58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac35f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80255,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC35F

secondary

#43478B

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC35F

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

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