#CAC63B#CAC63B

#CAC63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.154 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC63B
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -14.62, 66.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 67.75, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0469 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.154 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3423, 53.2620, 12.0290)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC63B #3B3FCA

analogous

#CA7E3B #CAC63B #86CA3B

triadic

#CAC63B #3BCAC6 #C63BCA

tetradic

#CAC63B #3BCA7E #3B3FCA #CA3B86

square

#CAC63B #3BCA7E #3B3FCA #CA3B86

split-complementary

#CAC63B #3B86CA #7E3BCA

monochromatic

#6D6B1E #9D9A2B #CAC63B #D7D46B #E4E29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#CAC63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC63B

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC63B	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.154 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded77a',
    500: '#cac63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac63b;
$custom-light: #ded77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.322,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80558,
    "c": 0.15396,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC63B

secondary

#333477

accent

#4BE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC63B

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

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