#CAC744#CAC744

#CAC744 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.149 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC744
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -14.65, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 64.78, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0461 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.149 108)
XYZ	xyz(45.8255, 53.8222, 13.4425)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC744 #4447CA

analogous

#CA8444 #CAC744 #8ACA44

triadic

#CAC744 #44CAC7 #C744CA

tetradic

#CAC744 #44CA84 #4447CA #CA448A

square

#CAC744 #44CA84 #4447CA #CA448A

split-complementary

#CAC744 #448ACA #8444CA

monochromatic

#737121 #A3A02E #CAC744 #D8D574 #E5E4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CAC744 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC744

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC744	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.149 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd77f',
    500: '#cac744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac744;
$custom-light: #ddd77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80839,
    "c": 0.14902,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.53821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC744

secondary

#36387C

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC744

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

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