#CAC544#CAC544

#CAC544 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.147 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC544
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -13.64, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 64.02, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0433 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.147 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3684, 52.9079, 13.2901)
Luminance	0.5291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC544 #4449CA

analogous

#CA8244 #CAC544 #8CCA44

triadic

#CAC544 #44CAC5 #C544CA

tetradic

#CAC544 #44CA82 #4449CA #CA448C

square

#CAC544 #44CA82 #4449CA #CA448C

split-complementary

#CAC544 #448CCA #8244CA

monochromatic

#737021 #A39E2E #CAC544 #D8D474 #E5E3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CAC544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CAC544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC544

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC544	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)

#D5BE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.147 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd67f',
    500: '#cac544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac544;
$custom-light: #ddd67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.761,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8041,
    "c": 0.14706,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC544

secondary

#36397C

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC544

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

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