#CAC542#CAC542

#CAC542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.148 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC542
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -13.75, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 64.79, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0438 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.148 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.3084, 52.8839, 12.9742)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC542 #4247CA

analogous

#CA8142 #CAC542 #8BCA42

triadic

#CAC542 #42CAC5 #C542CA

tetradic

#CAC542 #42CA81 #4247CA #CA428B

square

#CAC542 #42CA81 #4247CA #CA428B

split-complementary

#CAC542 #428BCA #8142CA

monochromatic

#726F20 #A29D2D #CAC542 #D7D472 #E5E2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CAC542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CAC542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC542

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC542	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.148 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd67e',
    500: '#cac542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac542;
$custom-light: #ddd67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80395,
    "c": 0.14845,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC542

secondary

#35387B

accent

#4EDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC542

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

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