#CAC14D#CAC14D

#CAC14D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.136 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC14D
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 61.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -11.06, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 58.83, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.035 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.136 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7682, 51.2339, 14.5507)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC14D #4D56CA

analogous

#CA834D #CAC14D #95CA4D

triadic

#CAC14D #4DCAC1 #C14DCA

tetradic

#CAC14D #4DCA83 #4D56CA #CA4D95

square

#CAC14D #4DCA83 #4D56CA #CA4D95

split-complementary

#CAC14D #4D95CA #834DCA

monochromatic

#797324 #A89F32 #CAC14D #D8D17C #E6E2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CAC14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC14D

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC14D	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.136 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd384',
    500: '#cac14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac14d;
$custom-light: #ddd384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79637,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC14D

secondary

#3A3F81

accent

#55DD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC14D

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

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