#CAC247#CAC247

#CAC247 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.142 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC247
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 64.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -11.95, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 61.70, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0382 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.142 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7879, 51.5966, 13.5599)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC247 #474FCA

analogous

#CA8047 #CAC247 #90CA47

triadic

#CAC247 #47CAC2 #C247CA

tetradic

#CAC247 #47CA80 #474FCA #CA4790

square

#CAC247 #47CA80 #474FCA #CA4790

split-complementary

#CAC247 #4790CA #8047CA

monochromatic

#757022 #A49D2F #CAC247 #D8D277 #E5E2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC247 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#CAC247 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC247

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC247	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC247	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac247;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.142 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd480',
    500: '#cac247',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac247;
$custom-light: #ddd480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac247",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79795,
    "c": 0.142,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC247

secondary

#383C7E

accent

#52DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC247

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

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