#CAC52C#CAC52C

#CAC52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.161 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC52C
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 44)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 78.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -14.74, 70.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 72.23, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0486 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.161 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7798, 52.6725, 10.1904)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC52C #2C31CA

analogous

#CA762C #CAC52C #80CA2C

triadic

#CAC52C #2CCAC5 #C52CCA

tetradic

#CAC52C #2CCA76 #2C31CA #CA2C80

square

#CAC52C #2CCA76 #2C31CA #CA2C80

split-complementary

#CAC52C #2C80CA #762CCA

monochromatic

#656316 #989421 #CAC52C #DBD758 #E6E38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CAC52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC52C

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC52C	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: #cac52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.161 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded673',
    500: '#cac52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac52c;
$custom-light: #ded673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.101,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80255,
    "c": 0.16112,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC52C

secondary

#2A2D70

accent

#46E741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC52C

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

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