#CAC047#CAC047

#CAC047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.140 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC047
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 64.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -10.93, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 60.96, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0353 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.14 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3458, 50.7124, 13.4126)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC047 #4751CA

analogous

#CA7E47 #CAC047 #92CA47

triadic

#CAC047 #47CAC0 #C047CA

tetradic

#CAC047 #47CA7E #4751CA #CA4792

square

#CAC047 #47CA7E #4751CA #CA4792

split-complementary

#CAC047 #4792CA #7E47CA

monochromatic

#756F22 #A49B2F #CAC047 #D8D077 #E5E1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#CAC047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC047

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC047	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.140 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd280',
    500: '#cac047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac047;
$custom-light: #ddd280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7937,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC047

secondary

#383D7E

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC047

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

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