#CAC430#CAC430

#CAC430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.158 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC430
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 48)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 76.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -14.09, 69.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 70.70, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0464 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.158 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6324, 52.2514, 10.5302)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC430 #3036CA

analogous

#CA7730 #CAC430 #83CA30

triadic

#CAC430 #30CAC4 #C430CA

tetradic

#CAC430 #30CA77 #3036CA #CA3083

square

#CAC430 #30CA77 #3036CA #CA3083

split-complementary

#CAC430 #3083CA #7730CA

monochromatic

#676418 #999424 #CAC430 #D9D45E #E5E190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CAC430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC430

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC430	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.158 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded575',
    500: '#cac430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac430;
$custom-light: #ded575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.662,
    "s": 61.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80061,
    "c": 0.15826,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC430

secondary

#2D3071

accent

#49E543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC430

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

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