#CAC85A#CAC85A

#CAC85A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.132 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC85A
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 55.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -13.69, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 55.93, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0411 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.132 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.8582, 54.6046, 17.7423)
Luminance	0.5460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC85A #5A5CCA

analogous

#CA905A #CAC85A #94CA5A

triadic

#CAC85A #5ACAC8 #C85ACA

tetradic

#CAC85A #5ACA90 #5A5CCA #CA5A94

square

#CAC85A #5ACA90 #5A5CCA #CA5A94

split-complementary

#CAC85A #5A94CA #905ACA

monochromatic

#807F29 #AFAD38 #CAC85A #D9D788 #E8E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#CAC85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC85A

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC85A	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.132 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd88c',
    500: '#cac85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac85a;
$custom-light: #dcd88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81262,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC85A

secondary

#404188

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC85A

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

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