#CAC43A#CAC43A

#CAC43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.153 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC43A
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -13.66, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 67.38, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0443 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.153 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8625, 52.3435, 11.7423)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC43A #3A40CA

analogous

#CA7C3A #CAC43A #88CA3A

triadic

#CAC43A #3ACAC4 #C43ACA

tetradic

#CAC43A #3ACA7C #3A40CA #CA3A88

square

#CAC43A #3ACA7C #3A40CA #CA3A88

split-complementary

#CAC43A #3A88CA #7C3ACA

monochromatic

#6C691D #9D982A #CAC43A #D7D26A #E4E19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CAC43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC43A

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC43A	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)

#D5BC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.153 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded579',
    500: '#cac43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac43a;
$custom-light: #ded579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80122,
    "c": 0.15268,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC43A

secondary

#323576

accent

#4DE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC43A

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

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