#CAC648#CAC648

#CAC648 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.145 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC648
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -13.91, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 62.81, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0436 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.145 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7225, 53.4140, 14.0311)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC648 #484CCA

analogous

#CA8548 #CAC648 #8DCA48

triadic

#CAC648 #48CAC6 #C648CA

tetradic

#CAC648 #48CA85 #484CCA #CA488D

square

#CAC648 #48CA85 #484CCA #CA488D

split-complementary

#CAC648 #488DCA #8548CA

monochromatic

#767322 #A5A130 #CAC648 #D8D577 #E5E4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CAC648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC648

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC648	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.145 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd781',
    500: '#cac648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac648;
$custom-light: #ddd781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80658,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC648

secondary

#383A7E

accent

#4EDE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC648

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

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