#CAC62C#CAC62C

#CAC62C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.162 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC62C
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 44)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 78.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -15.24, 70.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 72.57, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.05 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.162 108)
XYZ	xyz(45.0077, 53.1281, 10.2663)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC62C #2C30CA

analogous

#CA772C #CAC62C #7FCA2C

triadic

#CAC62C #2CCAC6 #C62CCA

tetradic

#CAC62C #2CCA77 #2C30CA #CA2C7F

square

#CAC62C #2CCA77 #2C30CA #CA2C7F

split-complementary

#CAC62C #2C7FCA #772CCA

monochromatic

#656316 #989521 #CAC62C #DBD758 #E6E38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CAC62C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CAC62C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC62C

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC62C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC62C	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac62c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.162 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded773',
    500: '#cac62c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac62c;
$custom-light: #ded773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac62c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.481,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8047,
    "c": 0.16204,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.53127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC62C

secondary

#2A2C70

accent

#45E741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC62C

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

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