#CAC447#CAC447

#CAC447 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.144 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC447
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 71)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 64.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -12.96, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 62.45, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0411 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.144 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2360, 52.4929, 13.7093)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC447 #474DCA

analogous

#CA8247 #CAC447 #8ECA47

triadic

#CAC447 #47CAC4 #C447CA

tetradic

#CAC447 #47CA82 #474DCA #CA478E

square

#CAC447 #47CA82 #474DCA #CA478E

split-complementary

#CAC447 #478ECA #8247CA

monochromatic

#757122 #A49F2F #CAC447 #D8D377 #E5E2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CAC447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC447

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC447	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.144 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd580',
    500: '#cac447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac447;
$custom-light: #ddd580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80222,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC447

secondary

#383B7E

accent

#50DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC447

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

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