#CAC82C#CAC82C

#CAC82C 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	#CAC82C
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 78.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -16.24, 71.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 73.26, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0528 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.164 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4678, 54.0484, 10.4197)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC82C #2C2ECA

analogous

#CA792C #CAC82C #7DCA2C

triadic

#CAC82C #2CCAC8 #C82CCA

tetradic

#CAC82C #2CCA79 #2C2ECA #CA2C7D

square

#CAC82C #2CCA79 #2C2ECA #CA2C7D

split-complementary

#CAC82C #2C7DCA #792CCA

monochromatic

#656416 #989621 #CAC82C #DBD958 #E6E58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC82C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CAC82C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC82C

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC82C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC82C	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)

#DBC43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac82c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.164 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded873',
    500: '#cac82c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac82c;
$custom-light: #ded873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac82c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.241,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.809,
    "c": 0.16389,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC82C

secondary

#2A2B70

accent

#43E741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC82C

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

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