#CAC72E#CAC72E

#CAC72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.162 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC72E
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -15.67, 70.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 72.33, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.051 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.162 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2755, 53.6022, 10.5456)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC72E #2E31CA

analogous

#CA792E #CAC72E #7FCA2E

triadic

#CAC72E #2ECAC7 #C72ECA

tetradic

#CAC72E #2ECA79 #2E31CA #CA2E7F

square

#CAC72E #2ECA79 #2E31CA #CA2E7F

split-complementary

#CAC72E #2E7FCA #792ECA

monochromatic

#666517 #989623 #CAC72E #DAD75B #E5E38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CAC72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC72E

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC72E	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)

#DAC43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.162 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded774',
    500: '#cac72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac72e;
$custom-light: #ded774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80695,
    "c": 0.16202,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC72E

secondary

#2C2D70

accent

#45E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC72E

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

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