#CAC14A#CAC14A

#CAC14A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.139 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC14A
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -11.25, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 60.10, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0359 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.139 105)
XYZ	xyz(44.6647, 51.1925, 14.0056)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC14A #4A53CA

analogous

#CA814A #CAC14A #93CA4A

triadic

#CAC14A #4ACAC1 #C14ACA

tetradic

#CAC14A #4ACA81 #4A53CA #CA4A93

square

#CAC14A #4ACA81 #4A53CA #CA4A93

split-complementary

#CAC14A #4A93CA #814ACA

monochromatic

#777123 #A69E31 #CAC14A #D8D179 #E6E1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#CAC14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC14A

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC14A	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.139 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd382',
    500: '#cac14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac14a;
$custom-light: #ddd382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79609,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.51191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC14A

secondary

#393E7F

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC14A

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

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