#CAC14E#CAC14E

#CAC14E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.136 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC14E
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -10.99, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 58.41, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0347 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.136 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8038, 51.2481, 14.7381)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC14E #4E57CA

analogous

#CA834E #CAC14E #95CA4E

triadic

#CAC14E #4ECAC1 #C14ECA

tetradic

#CAC14E #4ECA83 #4E57CA #CA4E95

square

#CAC14E #4ECA83 #4E57CA #CA4E95

split-complementary

#CAC14E #4E95CA #834ECA

monochromatic

#797324 #A8A032 #CAC14E #D8D17D #E6E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CAC14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC14E

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC14E	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)

#D1BB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.136 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd384',
    500: '#cac14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac14e;
$custom-light: #ddd384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79646,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC14E

secondary

#3B4082

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC14E

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

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