#CAC72B#CAC72B

#CAC72B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.163 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC72B
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 78.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -15.78, 71.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 73.19, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0516 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.163 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2184, 53.5793, 10.2450)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC72B #2B2ECA

analogous

#CA772B #CAC72B #7DCA2B

triadic

#CAC72B #2BCAC7 #C72BCA

tetradic

#CAC72B #2BCA77 #2B2ECA #CA2B7D

square

#CAC72B #2BCA77 #2B2ECA #CA2B7D

split-complementary

#CAC72B #2B7DCA #772BCA

monochromatic

#656416 #989520 #CAC72B #DBD957 #E6E489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CAC72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC72B

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC72B	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.163 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded773',
    500: '#cac72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac72b;
$custom-light: #ded773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8068,
    "c": 0.16342,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC72B

secondary

#2A2B6F

accent

#43E840

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC72B

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

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