#CAC475#CAC475

#CAC475 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.101 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC475
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 117)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 42.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -9.20, 40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 41.36, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0255 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.101 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3088, 53.3220, 24.6262)
Luminance	0.5332 (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

#CAC475 #757BCA

analogous

#CA9A75 #CAC475 #A5CA75

triadic

#CAC475 #75CAC4 #C475CA

tetradic

#CAC475 #75CA9A #757BCA #CA75A5

square

#CAC475 #75CA9A #757BCA #CA75A5

split-complementary

#CAC475 #75A5CA #9A75CA

monochromatic

#8E8837 #B9B149 #CAC475 #DBD7A1 #ECEACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC475 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CAC475 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC475

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC475	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC475	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac475;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.101 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd59e',
    500: '#cac475',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac475;
$custom-light: #dbd59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac475",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.765,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8077,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC475

secondary

#4E5395

accent

#38B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC475

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

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