#CAC84F#CAC84F

#CAC84F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.142 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC84F
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 60.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -14.48, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 60.72, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0445 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.142 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4241, 54.4310, 15.4564)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC84F #4F51CA

analogous

#CA8A4F #CAC84F #8FCA4F

triadic

#CAC84F #4FCAC8 #C84FCA

tetradic

#CAC84F #4FCA8A #4F51CA #CA4F8F

square

#CAC84F #4FCA8A #4F51CA #CA4F8F

split-complementary

#CAC84F #4F8FCA #8A4FCA

monochromatic

#7A7925 #A9A733 #CAC84F #D8D77E #E6E5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#CAC84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC84F

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC84F	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.142 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd885',
    500: '#cac84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac84f;
$custom-light: #ddd885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81149,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC84F

secondary

#3B3C82

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC84F

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

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