#CAC74B#CAC74B

#CAC74B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.144 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC74B
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 62.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -14.23, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 61.98, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0442 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.144 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0521, 53.9128, 14.6356)
Luminance	0.5391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC74B #4B4ECA

analogous

#CA884B #CAC74B #8DCA4B

triadic

#CAC74B #4BCAC7 #C74BCA

tetradic

#CAC74B #4BCA88 #4B4ECA #CA4B8D

square

#CAC74B #4BCA88 #4B4ECA #CA4B8D

split-complementary

#CAC74B #4B8DCA #884BCA

monochromatic

#777523 #A7A431 #CAC74B #D8D67A #E6E4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CAC74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC74B

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC74B	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)

#D7BF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.144 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd783',
    500: '#cac74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac74b;
$custom-light: #ddd783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80898,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC74B

secondary

#393B80

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC74B

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

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