#CAC83C#CAC83C

#CAC83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.155 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC83C
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -15.57, 66.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 68.13, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0495 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.155 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8287, 54.1928, 12.3203)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC83C #3C3ECA

analogous

#CA813C #CAC83C #85CA3C

triadic

#CAC83C #3CCAC8 #C83CCA

tetradic

#CAC83C #3CCA81 #3C3ECA #CA3C85

square

#CAC83C #3CCA81 #3C3ECA #CA3C85

split-complementary

#CAC83C #3C85CA #813CCA

monochromatic

#6E6D1E #9E9C2B #CAC83C #D7D66C #E4E39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CAC83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC83C

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC83C	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.155 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded87b',
    500: '#cac83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac83c;
$custom-light: #ded87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80994,
    "c": 0.15528,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC83C

secondary

#333477

accent

#49E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC83C

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

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