#CAC85F#CAC85F

#CAC85F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.128 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC85F
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 95)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 53%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -13.29, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 53.66, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0394 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.128 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0782, 54.6926, 18.9010)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC85F #5F61CA

analogous

#CA935F #CAC85F #96CA5F

triadic

#CAC85F #5FCAC8 #C85FCA

tetradic

#CAC85F #5FCA93 #5F61CA #CA5F96

square

#CAC85F #5FCA93 #5F61CA #CA5F96

split-complementary

#CAC85F #5F96CA #935FCA

monochromatic

#83822B #B1AF3B #CAC85F #D9D88D #E8E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#CAC85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC85F

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC85F	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.128 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd88f',
    500: '#cac85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac85f;
$custom-light: #dcd88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81318,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC85F

secondary

#43448B

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC85F

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

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