#CAC444#CAC444

#CAC444 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.146 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC444
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -13.13, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 63.65, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0419 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.146 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1421, 52.4553, 13.2147)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC444 #444ACA

analogous

#CA8144 #CAC444 #8DCA44

triadic

#CAC444 #44CAC4 #C444CA

tetradic

#CAC444 #44CA81 #444ACA #CA448D

square

#CAC444 #44CA81 #444ACA #CA448D

split-complementary

#CAC444 #448DCA #8144CA

monochromatic

#736F21 #A39D2E #CAC444 #D8D374 #E5E2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#CAC444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC444

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC444	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)

#D4BD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.146 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd57f',
    500: '#cac444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac444;
$custom-light: #ddd57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80197,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC444

secondary

#36397C

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC444

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

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