#CAC843#CAC843

#CAC843 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.151 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC843
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -15.21, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 65.54, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0478 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.151 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0261, 54.2718, 13.3601)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC843 #4345CA

analogous

#CA8443 #CAC843 #89CA43

triadic

#CAC843 #43CAC8 #C843CA

tetradic

#CAC843 #43CA84 #4345CA #CA4389

square

#CAC843 #43CA84 #4345CA #CA4389

split-complementary

#CAC843 #4389CA #8443CA

monochromatic

#727120 #A2A02E #CAC843 #D7D673 #E5E4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CAC843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC843

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC843	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.151 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd87f',
    500: '#cac843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac843;
$custom-light: #ddd87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81046,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC843

secondary

#36377B

accent

#4BDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC843

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

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