#CAC84A#CAC84A

#CAC84A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; 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	#CAC84A
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -14.80, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 62.78, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0459 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.146 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2490, 54.3609, 14.5337)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC84A #4A4CCA

analogous

#CA884A #CAC84A #8CCA4A

triadic

#CAC84A #4ACAC8 #C84ACA

tetradic

#CAC84A #4ACA88 #4A4CCA #CA4A8C

square

#CAC84A #4ACA88 #4A4CCA #CA4A8C

split-complementary

#CAC84A #4A8CCA #884ACA

monochromatic

#777523 #A6A431 #CAC84A #D8D679 #E6E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CAC84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC84A

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC84A	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)

#D8C03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.146 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd883',
    500: '#cac84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac84a;
$custom-light: #ddd883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81104,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC84A

secondary

#393A7F

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC84A

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

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