#CAC04B#CAC04B

#CAC04B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.137 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC04B
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 62.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -10.68, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 59.30, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0341 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.137 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4784, 50.7654, 14.1110)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC04B #4B55CA

analogous

#CA814B #CAC04B #94CA4B

triadic

#CAC04B #4BCAC0 #C04BCA

tetradic

#CAC04B #4BCA81 #4B55CA #CA4B94

square

#CAC04B #4BCA81 #4B55CA #CA4B94

split-complementary

#CAC04B #4B94CA #814BCA

monochromatic

#777123 #A79D31 #CAC04B #D8D17A #E6E1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#CAC04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC04B

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC04B	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)

#D0BA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.137 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd282',
    500: '#cac04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac04b;
$custom-light: #ddd282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79406,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC04B

secondary

#393F80

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC04B

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

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