#CAC85E#CAC85E

#CAC85E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.129 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC85E
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 53.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -13.37, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 54.12, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0397 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.129 108)
XYZ	xyz(47.0330, 54.6745, 18.6632)
Luminance	0.5467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC85E #5E60CA

analogous

#CA925E #CAC85E #96CA5E

triadic

#CAC85E #5ECAC8 #C85ECA

tetradic

#CAC85E #5ECA92 #5E60CA #CA5E96

square

#CAC85E #5ECA92 #5E60CA #CA5E96

split-complementary

#CAC85E #5E96CA #925ECA

monochromatic

#83812B #B1AE3A #CAC85E #D9D88C #E8E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CAC85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC85E

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC85E	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.129 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd88f',
    500: '#cac85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac85e;
$custom-light: #dcd88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81307,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.54673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC85E

secondary

#42438A

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC85E

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

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