#CAC847#CAC847

#CAC847 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.148 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC847
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 71)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 64.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -14.98, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 63.99, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0467 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.148 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1503, 54.3214, 14.0141)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC847 #4749CA

analogous

#CA8647 #CAC847 #8ACA47

triadic

#CAC847 #47CAC8 #C847CA

tetradic

#CAC847 #47CA86 #4749CA #CA478A

square

#CAC847 #47CA86 #4749CA #CA478A

split-complementary

#CAC847 #478ACA #8647CA

monochromatic

#757422 #A4A32F #CAC847 #D8D677 #E5E4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CAC847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC847

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC847	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)

#D8C035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.148 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd881',
    500: '#cac847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac847;
$custom-light: #ddd881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81078,
    "c": 0.14788,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC847

secondary

#38397E

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC847

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

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