#CAC04E#CAC04E

#CAC04E 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	#CAC04E
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -10.48, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 58.03, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0333 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.135 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5835, 50.8075, 14.6646)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC04E #4E58CA

analogous

#CA824E #CAC04E #96CA4E

triadic

#CAC04E #4ECAC0 #C04ECA

tetradic

#CAC04E #4ECA82 #4E58CA #CA4E96

square

#CAC04E #4ECA82 #4E58CA #CA4E96

split-complementary

#CAC04E #4E96CA #824ECA

monochromatic

#797224 #A89F32 #CAC04E #D8D17D #E6E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#CAC04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC04E

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC04E	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)

#D0BA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.135 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd284',
    500: '#cac04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac04e;
$custom-light: #ddd284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79434,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC04E

secondary

#3B4082

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC04E

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

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