#CAC877#CAC877

#CAC877 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.103 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC877
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 41.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -11.04, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 42.16, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0306 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.103 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.3420, 55.1981, 25.5569)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC877 #7779CA

analogous

#CA9E77 #CAC877 #A2CA77

triadic

#CAC877 #77CAC8 #C877CA

tetradic

#CAC877 #77CA9E #7779CA #CA77A2

square

#CAC877 #77CA9E #7779CA #CA77A2

split-complementary

#CAC877 #77A2CA #9E77CA

monochromatic

#8F8D38 #B9B64B #CAC877 #DBDAA3 #ECECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CAC877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CAC877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC877

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC877	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.103 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd89f',
    500: '#cac877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac877;
$custom-light: #dbd89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.554,
    "s": 43.915,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81645,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC877

secondary

#4F5196

accent

#32B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC877

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

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