#CAC545#CAC545

#CAC545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.146 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC545
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -13.58, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 63.63, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.043 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.146 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3992, 52.9202, 13.4522)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC545 #454ACA

analogous

#CA8245 #CAC545 #8DCA45

triadic

#CAC545 #45CAC5 #C545CA

tetradic

#CAC545 #45CA82 #454ACA #CA458D

square

#CAC545 #45CA82 #454ACA #CA458D

split-complementary

#CAC545 #458DCA #8245CA

monochromatic

#747121 #A39F2F #CAC545 #D8D475 #E5E3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CAC545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CAC545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC545

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC545	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)

#D5BE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.146 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd67f',
    500: '#cac545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac545;
$custom-light: #ddd67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80419,
    "c": 0.14635,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC545

secondary

#37397D

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC545

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

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