#CAC950#CAC950

#CAC950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.142 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC950
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -14.91, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 60.70, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0456 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.142 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6932, 54.9103, 15.7270)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC950 #5051CA

analogous

#CA8C50 #CAC950 #8ECA50

triadic

#CAC950 #50CAC9 #C950CA

tetradic

#CAC950 #50CA8C #5051CA #CA508E

square

#CAC950 #50CA8C #5051CA #CA508E

split-complementary

#CAC950 #508ECA #8C50CA

monochromatic

#7A7A25 #A9A933 #CAC950 #D8D77F #E6E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CAC950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CAC950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC950

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC950	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)

#D8C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.142 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd986',
    500: '#cac950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac950;
$custom-light: #ddd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.508,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81373,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC950

secondary

#3B3C83

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC950

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

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