#CAC73A#CAC73A

#CAC73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.156 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC73A
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -15.17, 66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 68.46, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0486 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.156 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5460, 53.7104, 11.9701)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC73A #3A3DCA

analogous

#CA7F3A #CAC73A #85CA3A

triadic

#CAC73A #3ACAC7 #C73ACA

tetradic

#CAC73A #3ACA7F #3A3DCA #CA3A85

square

#CAC73A #3ACA7F #3A3DCA #CA3A85

split-complementary

#CAC73A #3A85CA #7F3ACA

monochromatic

#6C6B1D #9D9A2A #CAC73A #D7D56A #E4E29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CAC73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC73A

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC73A	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.156 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded77a',
    500: '#cac73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac73a;
$custom-light: #ded77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80766,
    "c": 0.15553,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC73A

secondary

#323476

accent

#4AE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC73A

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

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