#CAC82B#CAC82B

#CAC82B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.164 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC82B
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 78.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -16.28, 71.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 73.54, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.053 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.164 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4492, 54.0410, 10.3219)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC82B #2B2DCA

analogous

#CA782B #CAC82B #7DCA2B

triadic

#CAC82B #2BCAC8 #C82BCA

tetradic

#CAC82B #2BCA78 #2B2DCA #CA2B7D

square

#CAC82B #2BCA78 #2B2DCA #CA2B7D

split-complementary

#CAC82B #2B7DCA #782BCA

monochromatic

#656416 #989620 #CAC82B #DBDA57 #E6E589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC82B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CAC82B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC82B

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC82B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC82B	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac82b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.164 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded873',
    500: '#cac82b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac82b;
$custom-light: #ded873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac82b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.245,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80896,
    "c": 0.16435,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC82B

secondary

#2A2B6F

accent

#42E840

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC82B

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

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