#CAC92C#CAC92C

#CAC92C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.165 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC92C
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 78.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -16.74, 71.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 73.60, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0542 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.165 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7002, 54.5131, 10.4972)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC92C #2C2DCA

analogous

#CA7A2C #CAC92C #7CCA2C

triadic

#CAC92C #2CCAC9 #C92CCA

tetradic

#CAC92C #2CCA7A #2C2DCA #CA2C7C

square

#CAC92C #2CCA7A #2C2DCA #CA2C7C

split-complementary

#CAC92C #2C7CCA #7A2CCA

monochromatic

#656516 #989721 #CAC92C #DBDA58 #E6E58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC92C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CAC92C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC92C

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC92C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC92C	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)

#DCC53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac92c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.165 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded973',
    500: '#cac92c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac92c;
$custom-light: #ded973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac92c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.62,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81116,
    "c": 0.16483,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC92C

secondary

#2A2B70

accent

#42E741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC92C

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

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