#CAC04D#CAC04D

#CAC04D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.135 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC04D
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 61.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -10.55, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 58.46, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0336 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.135 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5479, 50.7933, 14.4772)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC04D #4D57CA

analogous

#CA824D #CAC04D #96CA4D

triadic

#CAC04D #4DCAC0 #C04DCA

tetradic

#CAC04D #4DCA82 #4D57CA #CA4D96

square

#CAC04D #4DCA82 #4D57CA #CA4D96

split-complementary

#CAC04D #4D96CA #824DCA

monochromatic

#797224 #A89E32 #CAC04D #D8D17C #E6E1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#CAC04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC04D

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC04D	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)

#D0BA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.135 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd284',
    500: '#cac04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac04d;
$custom-light: #ddd284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79424,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC04D

secondary

#3A4081

accent

#56DD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC04D

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

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