#CAC952#CAC952

#CAC952 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.140 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC952
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -14.78, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 59.85, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.045 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.14 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7682, 54.9403, 16.1220)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC952 #5253CA

analogous

#CA8D52 #CAC952 #8FCA52

triadic

#CAC952 #52CAC9 #C952CA

tetradic

#CAC952 #52CA8D #5253CA #CA528F

square

#CAC952 #52CA8D #5253CA #CA528F

split-complementary

#CAC952 #528FCA #8D52CA

monochromatic

#7C7B26 #ABAA34 #CAC952 #D8D881 #E7E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CAC952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#CAC952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC952

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC952	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.140 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd987',
    500: '#cac952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac952;
$custom-light: #ddd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81392,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC952

secondary

#3C3D84

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC952

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

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