#CAC93E#CAC93E

#CAC93E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.155 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC93E
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -15.97, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 67.78, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0504 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.155 109)
XYZ	xyz(46.1149, 54.6790, 12.6814)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC93E #3E3FCA

analogous

#CA833E #CAC93E #85CA3E

triadic

#CAC93E #3ECAC9 #C93ECA

tetradic

#CAC93E #3ECA83 #3E3FCA #CA3E85

square

#CAC93E #3ECA83 #3E3FCA #CA3E85

split-complementary

#CAC93E #3E85CA #833ECA

monochromatic

#6F6F1F #9F9E2C #CAC93E #D7D66E #E4E49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC93E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#CAC93E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC93E

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC93E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC93E	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)

#D9C127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac93e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.155 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97c',
    500: '#cac93e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac93e;
$custom-light: #ded97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac93e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81223,
    "c": 0.155,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.54678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC93E

secondary

#343478

accent

#49E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC93E

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

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