#CAC43E#CAC43E

#CAC43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.150 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC43E
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -13.46, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 65.93, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0434 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.15 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9683, 52.3858, 12.2992)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC43E #3E44CA

analogous

#CA7E3E #CAC43E #8ACA3E

triadic

#CAC43E #3ECAC4 #C43ECA

tetradic

#CAC43E #3ECA7E #3E44CA #CA3E8A

square

#CAC43E #3ECA7E #3E44CA #CA3E8A

split-complementary

#CAC43E #3E8ACA #7E3ECA

monochromatic

#6F6C1F #9F9A2C #CAC43E #D7D36E #E4E19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CAC43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC43E

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC43E	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.150 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded57b',
    500: '#cac43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac43e;
$custom-light: #ded57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80151,
    "c": 0.15017,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC43E

secondary

#343778

accent

#4EE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC43E

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

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