#CAC15F#CAC15F

#CAC15F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.121 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC15F
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 53%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -9.72, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 50.76, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0292 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.121 104)
XYZ	xyz(45.4940, 51.5242, 18.3730)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC15F #5F68CA

analogous

#CA8B5F #CAC15F #9DCA5F

triadic

#CAC15F #5FCAC1 #C15FCA

tetradic

#CAC15F #5FCA8B #5F68CA #CA5F9D

square

#CAC15F #5FCA8B #5F68CA #CA5F9D

split-complementary

#CAC15F #5F9DCA #8B5FCA

monochromatic

#837C2B #B1A73B #CAC15F #D9D38D #E8E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CAC15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC15F

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC15F	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)

#D0BB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.121 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd38f',
    500: '#cac15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac15f;
$custom-light: #dcd38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79832,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.51523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC15F

secondary

#43498B

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC15F

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

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