#CAC74F#CAC74F

#CAC74F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.141 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC74F
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 60.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -13.97, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 60.32, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.043 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.141 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1933, 53.9693, 15.3794)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC74F #4F52CA

analogous

#CA8A4F #CAC74F #8FCA4F

triadic

#CAC74F #4FCAC7 #C74FCA

tetradic

#CAC74F #4FCA8A #4F52CA #CA4F8F

square

#CAC74F #4FCA8A #4F52CA #CA4F8F

split-complementary

#CAC74F #4F8FCA #8A4FCA

monochromatic

#7A7825 #A9A633 #CAC74F #D8D67E #E6E5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CAC74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC74F

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC74F	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)

#D6C041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.141 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd785',
    500: '#cac74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac74f;
$custom-light: #ddd785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80935,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC74F

secondary

#3B3D82

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC74F

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

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