#CAC445#CAC445

#CAC445 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.145 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC445
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -13.08, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 63.25, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0416 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.145 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1729, 52.4676, 13.3768)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC445 #454BCA

analogous

#CA8145 #CAC445 #8DCA45

triadic

#CAC445 #45CAC4 #C445CA

tetradic

#CAC445 #45CA81 #454BCA #CA458D

square

#CAC445 #45CA81 #454BCA #CA458D

split-complementary

#CAC445 #458DCA #8145CA

monochromatic

#747021 #A39E2F #CAC445 #D8D375 #E5E2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#CAC445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC445

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC445	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)

#D4BD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.145 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd57f',
    500: '#cac445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac445;
$custom-light: #ddd57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80205,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC445

secondary

#373A7D

accent

#50DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC445

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

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