#CAC15E#CAC15E

#CAC15E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.121 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC15E
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 53.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -9.81, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 51.23, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0295 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.122 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4488, 51.5061, 18.1351)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC15E #5E67CA

analogous

#CA8B5E #CAC15E #9DCA5E

triadic

#CAC15E #5ECAC1 #C15ECA

tetradic

#CAC15E #5ECA8B #5E67CA #CA5E9D

square

#CAC15E #5ECA8B #5E67CA #CA5E9D

split-complementary

#CAC15E #5E9DCA #8B5ECA

monochromatic

#837B2B #B1A73A #CAC15E #D9D38C #E8E4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CAC15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC15E

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC15E	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.121 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd38e',
    500: '#cac15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac15e;
$custom-light: #dcd38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7982,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC15E

secondary

#42488A

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC15E

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

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