#CAC476#CAC476

#CAC476 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.100 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC476
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 118)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 41.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -9.09, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 40.86, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0251 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.1 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3679, 53.3456, 24.9375)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC476 #767CCA

analogous

#CA9A76 #CAC476 #A6CA76

triadic

#CAC476 #76CAC4 #C476CA

tetradic

#CAC476 #76CA9A #767CCA #CA76A6

square

#CAC476 #76CA9A #767CCA #CA76A6

split-complementary

#CAC476 #76A6CA #9A76CA

monochromatic

#8E8837 #B9B14A #CAC476 #DBD7A2 #ECEACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC476 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CAC476 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC476

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC476	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC476	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BF70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac476;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.100 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd59f',
    500: '#cac476',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac476;
$custom-light: #dbd59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac476",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 44.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80785,
    "c": 0.09988,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC476

secondary

#4F5495

accent

#38B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC476

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

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