#CAC73D#CAC73D

#CAC73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.154 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC73D
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -15.02, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 67.40, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0479 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.154 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6245, 53.7418, 12.3838)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC73D #3D40CA

analogous

#CA813D #CAC73D #87CA3D

triadic

#CAC73D #3DCAC7 #C73DCA

tetradic

#CAC73D #3DCA81 #3D40CA #CA3D87

square

#CAC73D #3DCA81 #3D40CA #CA3D87

split-complementary

#CAC73D #3D87CA #813DCA

monochromatic

#6E6D1E #9F9C2B #CAC73D #D7D56D #E4E39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CAC73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC73D

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC73D	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.154 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded77b',
    500: '#cac73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac73d;
$custom-light: #ded77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80786,
    "c": 0.15368,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC73D

secondary

#333578

accent

#4BE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC73D

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

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