#CAC52E#CAC52E

#CAC52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.160 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC52E
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -14.67, 70.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 71.65, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0482 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.16 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8183, 52.6879, 10.3932)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC52E #2E33CA

analogous

#CA772E #CAC52E #81CA2E

triadic

#CAC52E #2ECAC5 #C52ECA

tetradic

#CAC52E #2ECA77 #2E33CA #CA2E81

square

#CAC52E #2ECA77 #2E33CA #CA2E81

split-complementary

#CAC52E #2E81CA #772ECA

monochromatic

#666417 #989423 #CAC52E #DAD65B #E5E28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CAC52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC52E

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC52E	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.160 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded674',
    500: '#cac52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac52e;
$custom-light: #ded674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.077,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80265,
    "c": 0.16017,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC52E

secondary

#2C2E70

accent

#47E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC52E

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

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