#CAC449#CAC449

#CAC449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.142 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC449
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -12.84, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 61.64, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0405 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.142 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3012, 52.5190, 14.0529)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC449 #494FCA

analogous

#CA8449 #CAC449 #90CA49

triadic

#CAC449 #49CAC4 #C449CA

tetradic

#CAC449 #49CA84 #494FCA #CA4990

square

#CAC449 #49CA84 #494FCA #CA4990

split-complementary

#CAC449 #4990CA #8449CA

monochromatic

#767222 #A6A030 #CAC449 #D8D378 #E6E3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CAC449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC449

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC449	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)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.142 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd582',
    500: '#cac449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac449;
$custom-light: #ddd582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80239,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC449

secondary

#383C7F

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC449

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

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