#CAC442#CAC442

#CAC442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.147 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC442
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -13.25, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 64.42, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0424 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.147 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0821, 52.4313, 12.8987)
Luminance	0.5243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC442 #4248CA

analogous

#CA8042 #CAC442 #8CCA42

triadic

#CAC442 #42CAC4 #C442CA

tetradic

#CAC442 #42CA80 #4248CA #CA428C

square

#CAC442 #42CA80 #4248CA #CA428C

split-complementary

#CAC442 #428CCA #8042CA

monochromatic

#726E20 #A29C2D #CAC442 #D7D372 #E5E2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#CAC442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC442

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC442	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.147 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd57e',
    500: '#cac442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac442;
$custom-light: #ddd57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80181,
    "c": 0.14749,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC442

secondary

#35397B

accent

#4FDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC442

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

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