#CAC45A#CAC45A

#CAC45A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.128 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC45A
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 55.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -11.66, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 54.28, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0353 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.128 106)
XYZ	xyz(45.9439, 52.7760, 17.4375)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC45A #5A60CA

analogous

#CA8C5A #CAC45A #98CA5A

triadic

#CAC45A #5ACAC4 #C45ACA

tetradic

#CAC45A #5ACA8C #5A60CA #CA5A98

square

#CAC45A #5ACA8C #5A60CA #CA5A98

split-complementary

#CAC45A #5A98CA #8C5ACA

monochromatic

#807C29 #AFA838 #CAC45A #D9D588 #E8E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CAC45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC45A

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC45A	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.128 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd58c',
    500: '#cac45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac45a;
$custom-light: #dcd58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80409,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.52775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC45A

secondary

#404488

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC45A

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

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