#CAC82E#CAC82E

#CAC82E 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	#CAC82E
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -16.17, 70.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 72.68, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0524 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.163 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5063, 54.0638, 10.6225)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC82E #2E30CA

analogous

#CA7A2E #CAC82E #7ECA2E

triadic

#CAC82E #2ECAC8 #C82ECA

tetradic

#CAC82E #2ECA7A #2E30CA #CA2E7E

square

#CAC82E #2ECA7A #2E30CA #CA2E7E

split-complementary

#CAC82E #2E7ECA #7A2ECA

monochromatic

#666517 #989723 #CAC82E #DAD85B #E5E48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CAC82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC82E

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC82E	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: #cac82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.163 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded874',
    500: '#cac82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac82e;
$custom-light: #ded874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.231,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80911,
    "c": 0.16295,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC82E

secondary

#2C2D70

accent

#44E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC82E

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

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