#CAC548#CAC548

#CAC548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.144 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC548
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -13.41, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 62.43, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0422 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.144 107)
XYZ	xyz(45.4947, 52.9584, 13.9551)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC548 #484DCA

analogous

#CA8448 #CAC548 #8ECA48

triadic

#CAC548 #48CAC5 #C548CA

tetradic

#CAC548 #48CA84 #484DCA #CA488E

square

#CAC548 #48CA84 #484DCA #CA488E

split-complementary

#CAC548 #488ECA #8448CA

monochromatic

#767222 #A5A030 #CAC548 #D8D477 #E5E3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CAC548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CAC548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC548

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC548	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.144 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd681',
    500: '#cac548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac548;
$custom-light: #ddd681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80444,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.52957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC548

secondary

#383B7E

accent

#4FDE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC548

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

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