#CAC14C#CAC14C

#CAC14C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.137 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC14C
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 76)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 62.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -11.13, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 59.26, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0353 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.137 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7332, 51.2199, 14.3661)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC14C #4C55CA

analogous

#CA824C #CAC14C #94CA4C

triadic

#CAC14C #4CCAC1 #C14CCA

tetradic

#CAC14C #4CCA82 #4C55CA #CA4C94

square

#CAC14C #4CCA82 #4C55CA #CA4C94

split-complementary

#CAC14C #4C94CA #824CCA

monochromatic

#787224 #A79F32 #CAC14C #D8D17B #E6E2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC14C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#CAC14C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC14C

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC14C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC14C	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)

#D1BB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac14c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.137 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd383',
    500: '#cac14c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac14c;
$custom-light: #ddd383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac14c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79627,
    "c": 0.1372,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC14C

secondary

#3A3F80

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC14C

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

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