#CAC52B#CAC52B

#CAC52B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.162 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC52B
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 43)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 78.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -14.77, 71.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 72.52, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0488 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.162 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7613, 52.6651, 10.0926)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC52B #2B30CA

analogous

#CA752B #CAC52B #7FCA2B

triadic

#CAC52B #2BCAC5 #C52BCA

tetradic

#CAC52B #2BCA75 #2B30CA #CA2B7F

square

#CAC52B #2BCA75 #2B30CA #CA2B7F

split-complementary

#CAC52B #2B7FCA #752BCA

monochromatic

#656316 #989420 #CAC52B #DBD757 #E6E389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CAC52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC52B

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC52B	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.162 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded672',
    500: '#cac52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac52b;
$custom-light: #ded672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.113,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8025,
    "c": 0.16158,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC52B

secondary

#2A2C6F

accent

#45E840

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC52B

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

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