#CAC43C#CAC43C

#CAC43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.151 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC43C
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -13.56, 65.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 66.67, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0439 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.151 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9144, 52.3642, 12.0155)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC43C #3C42CA

analogous

#CA7D3C #CAC43C #89CA3C

triadic

#CAC43C #3CCAC4 #C43CCA

tetradic

#CAC43C #3CCA7D #3C42CA #CA3C89

square

#CAC43C #3CCA7D #3C42CA #CA3C89

split-complementary

#CAC43C #3C89CA #7D3CCA

monochromatic

#6E6A1E #9E992B #CAC43C #D7D36C #E4E19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CAC43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC43C

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC43C	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)

#D4BD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.151 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded57a',
    500: '#cac43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac43c;
$custom-light: #ded57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80136,
    "c": 0.15144,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC43C

secondary

#333677

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC43C

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

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