#CAC84D#CAC84D

#CAC84D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.143 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC84D
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 61.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -14.61, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 61.55, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0451 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.143 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3524, 54.4023, 15.0787)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC84D #4D4FCA

analogous

#CA8A4D #CAC84D #8ECA4D

triadic

#CAC84D #4DCAC8 #C84DCA

tetradic

#CAC84D #4DCA8A #4D4FCA #CA4D8E

square

#CAC84D #4DCA8A #4D4FCA #CA4D8E

split-complementary

#CAC84D #4D8ECA #8A4DCA

monochromatic

#797724 #A8A632 #CAC84D #D8D77C #E6E5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CAC84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC84D

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC84D	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.143 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd884',
    500: '#cac84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac84d;
$custom-light: #ddd884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8113,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC84D

secondary

#3A3B81

accent

#4DDD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC84D

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

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