#CAC577#CAC577

#CAC577 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.100 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC577
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 119)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 41.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -9.50, 39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 40.81, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0262 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.1 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6540, 53.8221, 25.3276)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC577 #777CCA

analogous

#CA9C77 #CAC577 #A5CA77

triadic

#CAC577 #77CAC5 #C577CA

tetradic

#CAC577 #77CA9C #777CCA #CA77A5

square

#CAC577 #77CA9C #777CCA #CA77A5

split-complementary

#CAC577 #77A5CA #9C77CA

monochromatic

#8F8A38 #B9B24B #CAC577 #DBD8A3 #ECEBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CAC577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC577

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC577	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.100 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd69f',
    500: '#cac577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac577;
$custom-light: #dbd69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.386,
    "s": 43.915,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81011,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC577

secondary

#4F5496

accent

#37B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC577

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

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