#CAC72A#CAC72A

#CAC72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.164 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC72A
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -15.81, 71.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 73.47, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0517 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.164 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2003, 53.5721, 10.1495)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC72A #2A2DCA

analogous

#CA772A #CAC72A #7DCA2A

triadic

#CAC72A #2ACAC7 #C72ACA

tetradic

#CAC72A #2ACA77 #2A2DCA #CA2A7D

square

#CAC72A #2ACA77 #2A2DCA #CA2A7D

split-complementary

#CAC72A #2A7DCA #772ACA

monochromatic

#656315 #97951F #CAC72A #DCD955 #E6E588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CAC72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC72A

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC72A	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.164 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded772',
    500: '#cac72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac72a;
$custom-light: #ded772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.875,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80675,
    "c": 0.16386,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC72A

secondary

#292A6F

accent

#42E93F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC72A

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

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