#CAC849#CAC849

#CAC849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.146 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC849
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -14.86, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 63.19, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0462 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.146 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2155, 54.3475, 14.3577)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC849 #494BCA

analogous

#CA8849 #CAC849 #8CCA49

triadic

#CAC849 #49CAC8 #C849CA

tetradic

#CAC849 #49CA88 #494BCA #CA498C

square

#CAC849 #49CA88 #494BCA #CA498C

split-complementary

#CAC849 #498CCA #8849CA

monochromatic

#767522 #A6A430 #CAC849 #D8D678 #E6E5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CAC849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC849

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC849	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.146 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd882',
    500: '#cac849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac849;
$custom-light: #ddd882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81095,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC849

secondary

#38397F

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC849

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

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