#CAC94E#CAC94E

#CAC94E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.144 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC94E
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -15.05, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 61.54, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0462 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.144 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6204, 54.8812, 15.3436)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC94E #4E4FCA

analogous

#CA8B4E #CAC94E #8DCA4E

triadic

#CAC94E #4ECAC9 #C94ECA

tetradic

#CAC94E #4ECA8B #4E4FCA #CA4E8D

square

#CAC94E #4ECA8B #4E4FCA #CA4E8D

split-complementary

#CAC94E #4E8DCA #8B4ECA

monochromatic

#797924 #A8A732 #CAC94E #D8D77D #E6E6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CAC94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CAC94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC94E

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC94E	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.144 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd985',
    500: '#cac94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac94e;
$custom-light: #ddd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81354,
    "c": 0.1436,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC94E

secondary

#3B3B82

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC94E

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

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