#CAC44B#CAC44B

#CAC44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.141 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC44B
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 62.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -12.72, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 60.82, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0399 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.141 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3686, 52.5459, 14.4078)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC44B #4B51CA

analogous

#CA854B #CAC44B #91CA4B

triadic

#CAC44B #4BCAC4 #C44BCA

tetradic

#CAC44B #4BCA85 #4B51CA #CA4B91

square

#CAC44B #4BCA85 #4B51CA #CA4B91

split-complementary

#CAC44B #4B91CA #854BCA

monochromatic

#777323 #A7A131 #CAC44B #D8D37A #E6E3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CAC44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC44B

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC44B	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	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)

#D4BD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.141 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd583',
    500: '#cac44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac44b;
$custom-light: #ddd583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80257,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC44B

secondary

#393D80

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC44B

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

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