#CAC448#CAC448

#CAC448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.143 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC448
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -12.90, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 62.05, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0408 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.143 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2684, 52.5058, 13.8797)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC448 #484ECA

analogous

#CA8348 #CAC448 #8FCA48

triadic

#CAC448 #48CAC4 #C448CA

tetradic

#CAC448 #48CA83 #484ECA #CA488F

square

#CAC448 #48CA83 #484ECA #CA488F

split-complementary

#CAC448 #488FCA #8348CA

monochromatic

#767222 #A5A030 #CAC448 #D8D377 #E5E3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CAC448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC448

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC448	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.143 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd581',
    500: '#cac448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac448;
$custom-light: #ddd581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8023,
    "c": 0.14318,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC448

secondary

#383B7E

accent

#50DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC448

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

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