#CAC04F#CAC04F

#CAC04F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.134 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC04F
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 60.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -10.42, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 57.60, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.033 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.134 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6196, 50.8219, 14.8549)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC04F #4F59CA

analogous

#CA824F #CAC04F #96CA4F

triadic

#CAC04F #4FCAC0 #C04FCA

tetradic

#CAC04F #4FCA82 #4F59CA #CA4F96

square

#CAC04F #4FCA82 #4F59CA #CA4F96

split-complementary

#CAC04F #4F96CA #824FCA

monochromatic

#7A7325 #A99F33 #CAC04F #D8D17E #E6E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#CAC04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC04F

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC04F	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)

#D0BA42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.134 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd285',
    500: '#cac04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac04f;
$custom-light: #ddd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79444,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC04F

secondary

#3B4182

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC04F

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

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