#CAC43B#CAC43B

#CAC43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.152 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC43B
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -13.61, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 67.03, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0441 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.152 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8882, 52.3537, 11.8776)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC43B #3B41CA

analogous

#CA7C3B #CAC43B #88CA3B

triadic

#CAC43B #3BCAC4 #C43BCA

tetradic

#CAC43B #3BCA7C #3B41CA #CA3B88

square

#CAC43B #3BCA7C #3B41CA #CA3B88

split-complementary

#CAC43B #3B88CA #7C3BCA

monochromatic

#6D6A1E #9D982B #CAC43B #D7D36B #E4E19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CAC43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC43B

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC43B	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)

#D5BD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.152 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded57a',
    500: '#cac43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac43b;
$custom-light: #ded57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80129,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC43B

secondary

#333577

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC43B

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

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