#CAC74E#CAC74E

#CAC74E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.142 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC74E
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -14.04, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 60.74, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0433 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.142 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1572, 53.9548, 15.1892)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC74E #4E51CA

analogous

#CA894E #CAC74E #8FCA4E

triadic

#CAC74E #4ECAC7 #C74ECA

tetradic

#CAC74E #4ECA89 #4E51CA #CA4E8F

square

#CAC74E #4ECA89 #4E51CA #CA4E8F

split-complementary

#CAC74E #4E8FCA #894ECA

monochromatic

#797724 #A8A632 #CAC74E #D8D67D #E6E5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CAC74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC74E

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC74E	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)

#D6C03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.142 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd785',
    500: '#cac74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac74e;
$custom-light: #ddd785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80925,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC74E

secondary

#3B3C82

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC74E

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

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