#CAC82D#CAC82D

#CAC82D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.163 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC82D
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -16.21, 71.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 72.97, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0526 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.163 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4868, 54.0561, 10.5199)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC82D #2D2FCA

analogous

#CA792D #CAC82D #7DCA2D

triadic

#CAC82D #2DCAC8 #C82DCA

tetradic

#CAC82D #2DCA79 #2D2FCA #CA2D7D

square

#CAC82D #2DCA79 #2D2FCA #CA2D7D

split-complementary

#CAC82D #2D7DCA #792DCA

monochromatic

#666517 #989622 #CAC82D #DAD95A #E5E48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC82D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CAC82D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC82D

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC82D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC82D	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)

#DBC43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac82d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.163 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded874',
    500: '#cac82d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac82d;
$custom-light: #ded874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac82d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.236,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80905,
    "c": 0.16343,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC82D

secondary

#2B2C70

accent

#43E741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC82D

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

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