#CAC52F#CAC52F

#CAC52F 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	#CAC52F
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 47)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 76.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -14.63, 69.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 71.35, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.048 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.16 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8383, 52.6959, 10.4982)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC52F #2F34CA

analogous

#CA782F #CAC52F #81CA2F

triadic

#CAC52F #2FCAC5 #C52FCA

tetradic

#CAC52F #2FCA78 #2F34CA #CA2F81

square

#CAC52F #2FCA78 #2F34CA #CA2F81

split-complementary

#CAC52F #2F81CA #782FCA

monochromatic

#676418 #989523 #CAC52F #D9D55D #E5E28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CAC52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC52F

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC52F	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)

#D6BD02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.160 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded674',
    500: '#cac52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac52f;
$custom-light: #ded674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 62.249,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8027,
    "c": 0.15968,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC52F

secondary

#2C2F71

accent

#48E542

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC52F

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

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