#CAC74C#CAC74C

#CAC74C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.143 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC74C
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 62.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -14.17, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 61.57, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0439 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.143 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0866, 53.9266, 14.8173)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC74C #4C4FCA

analogous

#CA884C #CAC74C #8ECA4C

triadic

#CAC74C #4CCAC7 #C74CCA

tetradic

#CAC74C #4CCA88 #4C4FCA #CA4C8E

square

#CAC74C #4CCA88 #4C4FCA #CA4C8E

split-complementary

#CAC74C #4C8ECA #884CCA

monochromatic

#787624 #A7A432 #CAC74C #D8D67B #E6E5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CAC74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC74C

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC74C	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.143 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd784',
    500: '#cac74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac74c;
$custom-light: #ddd784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80907,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC74C

secondary

#3A3B80

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC74C

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

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