#CAC45F#CAC45F

#CAC45F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.124 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC45F
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 53%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -11.26, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 51.98, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0336 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.124 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1639, 52.8640, 18.5963)
Luminance	0.5286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC45F #5F65CA

analogous

#CA8F5F #CAC45F #9ACA5F

triadic

#CAC45F #5FCAC4 #C45FCA

tetradic

#CAC45F #5FCA8F #5F65CA #CA5F9A

square

#CAC45F #5FCA8F #5F65CA #CA5F9A

split-complementary

#CAC45F #5F9ACA #8F5FCA

monochromatic

#837E2B #B1AA3B #CAC45F #D9D58D #E8E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CAC45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CAC45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC45F

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC45F	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	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)

#D2BE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.124 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd58f',
    500: '#cac45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac45f;
$custom-light: #dcd58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80467,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC45F

secondary

#43478B

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC45F

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

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