#CAC441#CAC441

#CAC441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.148 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC441
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -13.30, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 64.81, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0426 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.148 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0529, 52.4196, 12.7448)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC441 #4147CA

analogous

#CA7F41 #CAC441 #8CCA41

triadic

#CAC441 #41CAC4 #C441CA

tetradic

#CAC441 #41CA7F #4147CA #CA418C

square

#CAC441 #41CA7F #4147CA #CA418C

split-complementary

#CAC441 #418CCA #7F41CA

monochromatic

#716D20 #A19C2D #CAC441 #D7D371 #E5E2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CAC441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC441

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC441	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)

#D4BD2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.148 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded57d',
    500: '#cac441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac441;
$custom-light: #ded57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80173,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC441

secondary

#35387A

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC441

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

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