#CAC82F#CAC82F

#CAC82F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.162 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC82F
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 76.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -16.13, 70.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 72.39, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0522 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.162 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5263, 54.0718, 10.7275)
Luminance	0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC82F #2F31CA

analogous

#CA7B2F #CAC82F #7FCA2F

triadic

#CAC82F #2FCAC8 #C82FCA

tetradic

#CAC82F #2FCA7B #2F31CA #CA2F7F

square

#CAC82F #2FCA7B #2F31CA #CA2F7F

split-complementary

#CAC82F #2F7FCA #7B2FCA

monochromatic

#676618 #989723 #CAC82F #D9D85D #E5E48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC82F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CAC82F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC82F

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC82F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC82F	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)

#DBC53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac82f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.162 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded875',
    500: '#cac82f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac82f;
$custom-light: #ded875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac82f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.226,
    "s": 62.249,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80916,
    "c": 0.16247,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC82F

secondary

#2C2D71

accent

#45E542

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC82F

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

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