#CAC83F#CAC83F

#CAC83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.153 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC83F
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 63)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 68.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -15.42, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 67.04, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0488 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.153 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9102, 54.2254, 12.7498)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC83F #3F41CA

analogous

#CA833F #CAC83F #86CA3F

triadic

#CAC83F #3FCAC8 #C83FCA

tetradic

#CAC83F #3FCA83 #3F41CA #CA3F86

square

#CAC83F #3FCA83 #3F41CA #CA3F86

split-complementary

#CAC83F #3F86CA #833FCA

monochromatic

#706F1F #A09E2C #CAC83F #D7D66F #E4E39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CAC83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC83F

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC83F	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)

#D8C029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.153 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded87c',
    500: '#cac83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac83f;
$custom-light: #ded87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81016,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC83F

secondary

#343579

accent

#4AE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC83F

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

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