#CAC95A#CAC95A

#CAC95A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.134 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC95A
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 55.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -14.19, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 56.35, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0425 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.134 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0905, 55.0693, 17.8197)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC95A #5A5BCA

analogous

#CA915A #CAC95A #93CA5A

triadic

#CAC95A #5ACAC9 #C95ACA

tetradic

#CAC95A #5ACA91 #5A5BCA #CA5A93

square

#CAC95A #5ACA91 #5A5BCA #CA5A93

split-complementary

#CAC95A #5A93CA #915ACA

monochromatic

#808029 #AFAE38 #CAC95A #D9D888 #E8E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CAC95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CAC95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC95A

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC95A	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.134 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd98c',
    500: '#cac95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac95a;
$custom-light: #dcd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.464,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81475,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC95A

secondary

#404188

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC95A

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

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