#CAC92A#CAC92A

#CAC92A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.166 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC92A
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -16.81, 72.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 74.15, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0545 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.166 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6635, 54.4985, 10.3039)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC92A #2A2BCA

analogous

#CA792A #CAC92A #7BCA2A

triadic

#CAC92A #2ACAC9 #C92ACA

tetradic

#CAC92A #2ACA79 #2A2BCA #CA2A7B

square

#CAC92A #2ACA79 #2A2BCA #CA2A7B

split-complementary

#CAC92A #2A7BCA #792ACA

monochromatic

#656415 #97971F #CAC92A #DCDB55 #E6E688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC92A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CAC92A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC92A

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC92A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC92A	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac92a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.166 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded973',
    500: '#cac92a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac92a;
$custom-light: #ded973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac92a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.625,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81107,
    "c": 0.16572,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC92A

secondary

#292A6F

accent

#40E93F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC92A

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

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