#CAC73B#CAC73B

#CAC73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.155 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC73B
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -15.12, 66.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 68.11, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0483 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.155 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5717, 53.7206, 12.1054)
Luminance	0.5372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC73B #3B3ECA

analogous

#CA7F3B #CAC73B #85CA3B

triadic

#CAC73B #3BCAC7 #C73BCA

tetradic

#CAC73B #3BCA7F #3B3ECA #CA3B85

square

#CAC73B #3BCA7F #3B3ECA #CA3B85

split-complementary

#CAC73B #3B85CA #7F3BCA

monochromatic

#6D6B1E #9D9B2B #CAC73B #D7D56B #E4E39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CAC73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC73B

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC73B	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)

#D7BF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.155 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded77a',
    500: '#cac73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac73b;
$custom-light: #ded77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.741,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80773,
    "c": 0.15492,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC73B

secondary

#333477

accent

#4AE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC73B

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

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