#CAC844#CAC844

#CAC844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.150 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC844
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -15.15, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 65.16, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0475 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.15 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0564, 54.2839, 13.5195)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC844 #4446CA

analogous

#CA8544 #CAC844 #89CA44

triadic

#CAC844 #44CAC8 #C844CA

tetradic

#CAC844 #44CA85 #4446CA #CA4489

square

#CAC844 #44CA85 #4446CA #CA4489

split-complementary

#CAC844 #4489CA #8544CA

monochromatic

#737221 #A3A12E #CAC844 #D8D674 #E5E4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CAC844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC844

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC844	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.150 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd87f',
    500: '#cac844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac844;
$custom-light: #ddd87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81054,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC844

secondary

#36377C

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC844

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

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