#CAC45E#CAC45E

#CAC45E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.125 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC45E
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 53.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -11.34, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 52.45, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0339 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.125 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1187, 52.8460, 18.3584)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC45E #5E64CA

analogous

#CA8E5E #CAC45E #9ACA5E

triadic

#CAC45E #5ECAC4 #C45ECA

tetradic

#CAC45E #5ECA8E #5E64CA #CA5E9A

square

#CAC45E #5ECA8E #5E64CA #CA5E9A

split-complementary

#CAC45E #5E9ACA #8E5ECA

monochromatic

#837E2B #B1AA3A #CAC45E #D9D58C #E8E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CAC45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC45E

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC45E	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.125 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd58f',
    500: '#cac45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac45e;
$custom-light: #dcd58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80456,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC45E

secondary

#42468A

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC45E

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

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