#CAC73F#CAC73F

#CAC73F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.152 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC73F
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 63)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 68.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -14.92, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 66.67, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0474 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.152 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6794, 53.7637, 12.6729)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC73F #3F42CA

analogous

#CA823F #CAC73F #88CA3F

triadic

#CAC73F #3FCAC7 #C73FCA

tetradic

#CAC73F #3FCA82 #3F42CA #CA3F88

square

#CAC73F #3FCA82 #3F42CA #CA3F88

split-complementary

#CAC73F #3F88CA #823FCA

monochromatic

#706E1F #A09D2C #CAC73F #D7D56F #E4E39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC73F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CAC73F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC73F

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC73F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC73F	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)

#D7BF29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac73f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.152 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded77c',
    500: '#cac73f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac73f;
$custom-light: #ded77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac73f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80801,
    "c": 0.1524,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC73F

secondary

#343679

accent

#4BE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC73F

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

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