#CAC63E#CAC63E

#CAC63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.152 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC63E
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -14.47, 65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 66.67, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0462 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.152 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4224, 53.2940, 12.4506)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC63E #3E42CA

analogous

#CA803E #CAC63E #88CA3E

triadic

#CAC63E #3ECAC6 #C63ECA

tetradic

#CAC63E #3ECA80 #3E42CA #CA3E88

square

#CAC63E #3ECA80 #3E42CA #CA3E88

split-complementary

#CAC63E #3E88CA #803ECA

monochromatic

#6F6D1F #9F9C2C #CAC63E #D7D46E #E4E29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CAC63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC63E

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC63E	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.152 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded77c',
    500: '#cac63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac63e;
$custom-light: #ded77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80579,
    "c": 0.15208,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC63E

secondary

#343678

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC63E

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

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