#CAC44D#CAC44D

#CAC44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.139 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC44D
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 61.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -12.59, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 59.98, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0393 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.139 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4382, 52.5737, 14.7740)
Luminance	0.5257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC44D #4D53CA

analogous

#CA864D #CAC44D #92CA4D

triadic

#CAC44D #4DCAC4 #C44DCA

tetradic

#CAC44D #4DCA86 #4D53CA #CA4D92

square

#CAC44D #4DCA86 #4D53CA #CA4D92

split-complementary

#CAC44D #4D92CA #864DCA

monochromatic

#797524 #A8A232 #CAC44D #D8D47C #E6E3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CAC44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC44D

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC44D	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.139 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd584',
    500: '#cac44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac44d;
$custom-light: #ddd584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80275,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC44D

secondary

#3A3E81

accent

#51DD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC44D

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

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