#CAC44F#CAC44F

#CAC44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.138 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC44F
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 60.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -12.46, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 59.13, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0387 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.138 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5099, 52.6024, 15.1516)
Luminance	0.5260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC44F #4F55CA

analogous

#CA864F #CAC44F #93CA4F

triadic

#CAC44F #4FCAC4 #C44FCA

tetradic

#CAC44F #4FCA86 #4F55CA #CA4F93

square

#CAC44F #4FCA86 #4F55CA #CA4F93

split-complementary

#CAC44F #4F93CA #864FCA

monochromatic

#7A7625 #A9A333 #CAC44F #D8D47E #E6E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#CAC44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC44F

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC44F	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.138 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd585',
    500: '#cac44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac44f;
$custom-light: #ddd585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80294,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC44F

secondary

#3B3F82

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC44F

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

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