#CAC147#CAC147

#CAC147 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.141 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC147
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 64.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -11.44, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 61.33, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0367 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.141 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5661, 51.1530, 13.4860)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC147 #4750CA

analogous

#CA7F47 #CAC147 #91CA47

triadic

#CAC147 #47CAC1 #C147CA

tetradic

#CAC147 #47CA7F #4750CA #CA4791

square

#CAC147 #47CA7F #4750CA #CA4791

split-complementary

#CAC147 #4791CA #7F47CA

monochromatic

#756F22 #A49C2F #CAC147 #D8D177 #E5E1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#CAC147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC147

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC147	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.141 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd380',
    500: '#cac147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac147;
$custom-light: #ddd380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79582,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC147

secondary

#383C7E

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC147

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

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