#CAC752#CAC752

#CAC752 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.138 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC752
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -13.77, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 59.04, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0421 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.138 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3050, 54.0140, 15.9676)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC752 #5255CA

analogous

#CA8B52 #CAC752 #91CA52

triadic

#CAC752 #52CAC7 #C752CA

tetradic

#CAC752 #52CA8B #5255CA #CA5291

square

#CAC752 #52CA8B #5255CA #CA5291

split-complementary

#CAC752 #5291CA #8B52CA

monochromatic

#7C7A26 #ABA834 #CAC752 #D8D681 #E7E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC752 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CAC752 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC752

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC752	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC752	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac752;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.138 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd787',
    500: '#cac752',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac752;
$custom-light: #ddd787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac752",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80964,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC752

secondary

#3C3E84

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC752

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

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