#CAC44E#CAC44E

#CAC44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.139 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC44E
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -12.52, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 59.56, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.039 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.139 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4737, 52.5879, 14.9614)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC44E #4E54CA

analogous

#CA864E #CAC44E #92CA4E

triadic

#CAC44E #4ECAC4 #C44ECA

tetradic

#CAC44E #4ECA86 #4E54CA #CA4E92

square

#CAC44E #4ECA86 #4E54CA #CA4E92

split-complementary

#CAC44E #4E92CA #864ECA

monochromatic

#797524 #A8A332 #CAC44E #D8D47D #E6E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#CAC44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC44E

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC44E	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.139 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd585',
    500: '#cac44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac44e;
$custom-light: #ddd585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80285,
    "c": 0.13854,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC44E

secondary

#3B3E82

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC44E

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

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