#CAC830#CAC830

#CAC830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.162 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC830
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 76.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -16.09, 70.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 72.08, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0521 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.162 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5467, 54.0800, 10.8350)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC830 #3032CA

analogous

#CA7B30 #CAC830 #7FCA30

triadic

#CAC830 #30CAC8 #C830CA

tetradic

#CAC830 #30CA7B #3032CA #CA307F

square

#CAC830 #30CA7B #3032CA #CA307F

split-complementary

#CAC830 #307FCA #7B30CA

monochromatic

#676618 #999724 #CAC830 #D9D75E #E5E390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CAC830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC830

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC830	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.162 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded875',
    500: '#cac830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac830;
$custom-light: #ded875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.221,
    "s": 61.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80921,
    "c": 0.16197,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC830

secondary

#2D2E71

accent

#45E543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC830

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

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