#CAC04C#CAC04C

#CAC04C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.136 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC04C
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 76)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 62.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -10.61, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 58.88, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0338 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.136 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5129, 50.7792, 14.2927)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC04C #4C56CA

analogous

#CA814C #CAC04C #95CA4C

triadic

#CAC04C #4CCAC0 #C04CCA

tetradic

#CAC04C #4CCA81 #4C56CA #CA4C95

square

#CAC04C #4CCA81 #4C56CA #CA4C95

split-complementary

#CAC04C #4C95CA #814CCA

monochromatic

#787124 #A79E32 #CAC04C #D8D17B #E6E1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC04C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#CAC04C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC04C

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC04C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC04C	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac04c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.136 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd283',
    500: '#cac04c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac04c;
$custom-light: #ddd283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac04c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79415,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC04C

secondary

#3A3F80

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC04C

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

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