#CAC852#CAC852

#CAC852 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.139 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC852
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -14.27, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 59.44, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0436 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.139 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5358, 54.4756, 16.0445)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC852 #5254CA

analogous

#CA8C52 #CAC852 #90CA52

triadic

#CAC852 #52CAC8 #C852CA

tetradic

#CAC852 #52CA8C #5254CA #CA5290

square

#CAC852 #52CA8C #5254CA #CA5290

split-complementary

#CAC852 #5290CA #8C52CA

monochromatic

#7C7A26 #ABA934 #CAC852 #D8D781 #E7E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#CAC852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC852

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC852	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.139 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd887',
    500: '#cac852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac852;
$custom-light: #ddd887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81178,
    "c": 0.13934,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC852

secondary

#3C3E84

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC852

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

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