#CAC72F#CAC72F

#CAC72F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.162 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC72F
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 76.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -15.63, 70.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 72.04, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0508 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.162 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2954, 53.6101, 10.6506)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC72F #2F32CA

analogous

#CA7A2F #CAC72F #80CA2F

triadic

#CAC72F #2FCAC7 #C72FCA

tetradic

#CAC72F #2FCA7A #2F32CA #CA2F80

square

#CAC72F #2FCA7A #2F32CA #CA2F80

split-complementary

#CAC72F #2F80CA #7A2FCA

monochromatic

#676518 #989623 #CAC72F #D9D75D #E5E38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC72F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CAC72F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC72F

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC72F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC72F	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)

#DAC43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac72f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.162 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded774',
    500: '#cac72f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac72f;
$custom-light: #ded774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac72f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.839,
    "s": 62.249,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.807,
    "c": 0.16153,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC72F

secondary

#2C2E71

accent

#46E542

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC72F

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

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