#CAC34E#CAC34E

#CAC34E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.138 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC34E
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -12.01, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 59.17, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0376 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.138 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2489, 52.1383, 14.8864)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC34E #4E55CA

analogous

#CA854E #CAC34E #93CA4E

triadic

#CAC34E #4ECAC3 #C34ECA

tetradic

#CAC34E #4ECA85 #4E55CA #CA4E93

square

#CAC34E #4ECA85 #4E55CA #CA4E93

split-complementary

#CAC34E #4E93CA #854ECA

monochromatic

#797424 #A8A232 #CAC34E #D8D37D #E6E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CAC34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CAC34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC34E

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC34E	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.138 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd485',
    500: '#cac34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac34e;
$custom-light: #ddd485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80072,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC34E

secondary

#3B3F82

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC34E

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

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