#CAC62E#CAC62E

#CAC62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.161 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC62E
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -15.17, 70.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 71.99, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0496 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.161 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0462, 53.1435, 10.4691)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC62E #2E32CA

analogous

#CA782E #CAC62E #80CA2E

triadic

#CAC62E #2ECAC6 #C62ECA

tetradic

#CAC62E #2ECA78 #2E32CA #CA2E80

square

#CAC62E #2ECA78 #2E32CA #CA2E80

split-complementary

#CAC62E #2E80CA #782ECA

monochromatic

#666417 #989523 #CAC62E #DAD75B #E5E38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CAC62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CAC62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC62E

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC62E	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)

#D9C33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.161 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded774',
    500: '#cac62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac62e;
$custom-light: #ded774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8048,
    "c": 0.16109,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC62E

secondary

#2C2D70

accent

#46E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC62E

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

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