#CAC74A#CAC74A

#CAC74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.145 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC74A
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -14.29, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 62.39, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.0445 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.145 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0181, 53.8992, 14.4568)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC74A #4A4DCA

analogous

#CA874A #CAC74A #8DCA4A

triadic

#CAC74A #4ACAC7 #C74ACA

tetradic

#CAC74A #4ACA87 #4A4DCA #CA4A8D

square

#CAC74A #4ACA87 #4A4DCA #CA4A8D

split-complementary

#CAC74A #4A8DCA #874ACA

monochromatic

#777523 #A6A331 #CAC74A #D8D679 #E6E4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CAC74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC74A

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC74A	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.145 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd782',
    500: '#cac74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac74a;
$custom-light: #ddd782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80889,
    "c": 0.14465,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC74A

secondary

#393A7F

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC74A

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

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