#CAC42A#CAC42A

#CAC42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.161 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC42A
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -14.30, 71.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 72.47, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0475 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.161 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5168, 52.2052, 9.9217)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC42A #2A30CA

analogous

#CA742A #CAC42A #80CA2A

triadic

#CAC42A #2ACAC4 #C42ACA

tetradic

#CAC42A #2ACA74 #2A30CA #CA2A80

square

#CAC42A #2ACA74 #2A30CA #CA2A80

split-complementary

#CAC42A #2A80CA #742ACA

monochromatic

#656215 #97931F #CAC42A #DCD755 #E6E388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CAC42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CAC42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC42A

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC42A	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.161 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded572',
    500: '#cac42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac42a;
$custom-light: #ded572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.75,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8003,
    "c": 0.16112,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC42A

secondary

#292C6F

accent

#46E93F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC42A

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

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