#CAC04A#CAC04A

#CAC04A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.138 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC04A
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -10.74, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 59.72, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0344 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.138 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4444, 50.7519, 13.9322)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC04A #4A54CA

analogous

#CA804A #CAC04A #94CA4A

triadic

#CAC04A #4ACAC0 #C04ACA

tetradic

#CAC04A #4ACA80 #4A54CA #CA4A94

square

#CAC04A #4ACA80 #4A54CA #CA4A94

split-complementary

#CAC04A #4A94CA #804ACA

monochromatic

#777023 #A69D31 #CAC04A #D8D079 #E6E1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#CAC04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC04A

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC04A	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.138 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd282',
    500: '#cac04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac04a;
$custom-light: #ddd282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79396,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC04A

secondary

#393E7F

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC04A

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

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