#CAC943#CAC943

#CAC943 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.152 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC943
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -15.71, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 65.93, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0492 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.152 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2585, 54.7365, 13.4376)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC943 #4344CA

analogous

#CA8643 #CAC943 #87CA43

triadic

#CAC943 #43CAC9 #C943CA

tetradic

#CAC943 #43CA86 #4344CA #CA4387

square

#CAC943 #43CA86 #4344CA #CA4387

split-complementary

#CAC943 #4387CA #8643CA

monochromatic

#727220 #A2A12E #CAC943 #D7D773 #E5E4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CAC943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC943

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC943	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.152 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd97f',
    500: '#cac943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac943;
$custom-light: #ddd97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81261,
    "c": 0.1517,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC943

secondary

#36367B

accent

#4ADF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC943

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

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