#CAC94F#CAC94F

#CAC94F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.143 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC94F
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -14.98, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 61.12, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0459 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.143 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6565, 54.8957, 15.5338)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC94F #4F50CA

analogous

#CA8B4F #CAC94F #8ECA4F

triadic

#CAC94F #4FCAC9 #C94FCA

tetradic

#CAC94F #4FCA8B #4F50CA #CA4F8E

square

#CAC94F #4FCA8B #4F50CA #CA4F8E

split-complementary

#CAC94F #4F8ECA #8B4FCA

monochromatic

#7A7925 #A9A833 #CAC94F #D8D77E #E6E6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CAC94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CAC94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC94F

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC94F	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)

#D8C140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.143 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd986',
    500: '#cac94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac94f;
$custom-light: #ddd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.512,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81363,
    "c": 0.14282,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC94F

secondary

#3B3C82

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC94F

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

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