#CAC44C#CAC44C

#CAC44C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.140 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC44C
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 76)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 62.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -12.65, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 60.40, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0396 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.14 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4031, 52.5597, 14.5895)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC44C #4C52CA

analogous

#CA854C #CAC44C #91CA4C

triadic

#CAC44C #4CCAC4 #C44CCA

tetradic

#CAC44C #4CCA85 #4C52CA #CA4C91

square

#CAC44C #4CCA85 #4C52CA #CA4C91

split-complementary

#CAC44C #4C91CA #854CCA

monochromatic

#787424 #A7A232 #CAC44C #D8D47B #E6E3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CAC44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC44C

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC44C	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)

#D4BD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.140 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd583',
    500: '#cac44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac44c;
$custom-light: #ddd583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80266,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC44C

secondary

#3A3D80

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC44C

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

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