#CAC62A#CAC62A

#CAC62A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.163 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC62A
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -15.31, 71.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 73.13, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0503 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.163 108)
XYZ	xyz(44.9710, 53.1134, 10.0731)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC62A #2A2ECA

analogous

#CA762A #CAC62A #7ECA2A

triadic

#CAC62A #2ACAC6 #C62ACA

tetradic

#CAC62A #2ACA76 #2A2ECA #CA2A7E

square

#CAC62A #2ACA76 #2A2ECA #CA2A7E

split-complementary

#CAC62A #2A7ECA #762ACA

monochromatic

#656315 #97941F #CAC62A #DCD855 #E6E488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CAC62A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CAC62A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC62A

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC62A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC62A	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac62a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.163 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded772',
    500: '#cac62a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac62a;
$custom-light: #ded772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac62a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8046,
    "c": 0.16294,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.53112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC62A

secondary

#292B6F

accent

#44E93F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC62A

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

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