#CAC14F#CAC14F

#CAC14F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.135 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC14F
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 60.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -10.93, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 57.98, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0344 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.135 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8399, 51.2626, 14.9283)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC14F #4F58CA

analogous

#CA844F #CAC14F #95CA4F

triadic

#CAC14F #4FCAC1 #C14FCA

tetradic

#CAC14F #4FCA84 #4F58CA #CA4F95

square

#CAC14F #4FCA84 #4F58CA #CA4F95

split-complementary

#CAC14F #4F95CA #844FCA

monochromatic

#7A7425 #A9A033 #CAC14F #D8D27E #E6E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CAC14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC14F

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC14F	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)

#D1BB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.135 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd385',
    500: '#cac14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac14f;
$custom-light: #ddd385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79656,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC14F

secondary

#3B4082

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC14F

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

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