#CAC72C#CAC72C

#CAC72C 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	#CAC72C
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 78.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -15.74, 71.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 72.91, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0514 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.163 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2370, 53.5868, 10.3428)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC72C #2C2FCA

analogous

#CA782C #CAC72C #7ECA2C

triadic

#CAC72C #2CCAC7 #C72CCA

tetradic

#CAC72C #2CCA78 #2C2FCA #CA2C7E

square

#CAC72C #2CCA78 #2C2FCA #CA2C7E

split-complementary

#CAC72C #2C7ECA #782CCA

monochromatic

#656416 #989521 #CAC72C #DBD858 #E6E48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CAC72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC72C

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC72C	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)

#DAC43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.163 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded773',
    500: '#cac72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac72c;
$custom-light: #ded773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.861,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80685,
    "c": 0.16296,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC72C

secondary

#2A2C70

accent

#44E741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC72C

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

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