#CAC43D#CAC43D

#CAC43D 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	#CAC43D
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -13.51, 64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 66.30, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0436 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.151 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9411, 52.3749, 12.1560)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC43D #3D43CA

analogous

#CA7E3D #CAC43D #8ACA3D

triadic

#CAC43D #3DCAC4 #C43DCA

tetradic

#CAC43D #3DCA7E #3D43CA #CA3D8A

square

#CAC43D #3DCA7E #3D43CA #CA3D8A

split-complementary

#CAC43D #3D8ACA #7E3DCA

monochromatic

#6E6B1E #9F9A2B #CAC43D #D7D36D #E4E19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CAC43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC43D

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC43D	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)

#D4BD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.151 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded57b',
    500: '#cac43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac43d;
$custom-light: #ded57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80143,
    "c": 0.15081,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC43D

secondary

#333678

accent

#4EE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC43D

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

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