#CAC93C#CAC93C

#CAC93C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.156 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC93C
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 60)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -16.07, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 68.50, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0509 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.156 109)
XYZ	xyz(46.0610, 54.6575, 12.3977)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC93C #3C3DCA

analogous

#CA823C #CAC93C #84CA3C

triadic

#CAC93C #3CCAC9 #C93CCA

tetradic

#CAC93C #3CCA82 #3C3DCA #CA3C84

square

#CAC93C #3CCA82 #3C3DCA #CA3C84

split-complementary

#CAC93C #3C84CA #823CCA

monochromatic

#6E6D1E #9E9D2B #CAC93C #D7D66C #E4E49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC93C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CAC93C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC93C

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC93C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC93C	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)

#D9C123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac93c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.156 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97b',
    500: '#cac93c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac93c;
$custom-light: #ded97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac93c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8121,
    "c": 0.15625,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.54656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC93C

secondary

#333377

accent

#48E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC93C

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

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