#CAC14B#CAC14B

#CAC14B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.138 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC14B
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 62.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -11.19, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 59.68, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0356 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.138 105)
XYZ	xyz(44.6987, 51.2061, 14.1845)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC14B #4B54CA

analogous

#CA824B #CAC14B #94CA4B

triadic

#CAC14B #4BCAC1 #C14BCA

tetradic

#CAC14B #4BCA82 #4B54CA #CA4B94

square

#CAC14B #4BCA82 #4B54CA #CA4B94

split-complementary

#CAC14B #4B94CA #824BCA

monochromatic

#777123 #A79E31 #CAC14B #D8D17A #E6E2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC14B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#CAC14B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC14B

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC14B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC14B	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)

#D1BA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac14b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.138 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd383',
    500: '#cac14b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac14b;
$custom-light: #ddd383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac14b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79618,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.51204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC14B

secondary

#393E80

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC14B

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

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