#CAC44A#CAC44A

#CAC44A 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 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC44A
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -12.78, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 61.23, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0402 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.142 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3347, 52.5323, 14.2289)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC44A #4A50CA

analogous

#CA844A #CAC44A #90CA4A

triadic

#CAC44A #4ACAC4 #C44ACA

tetradic

#CAC44A #4ACA84 #4A50CA #CA4A90

square

#CAC44A #4ACA84 #4A50CA #CA4A90

split-complementary

#CAC44A #4A90CA #844ACA

monochromatic

#777323 #A6A131 #CAC44A #D8D379 #E6E3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CAC44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC44A

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC44A	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.142 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd582',
    500: '#cac44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac44a;
$custom-light: #ddd582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80248,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC44A

secondary

#393C7F

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC44A

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

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