#CAC95C#CAC95C

#CAC95C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.132 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC95C
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 92)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 54.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -14.04, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 55.45, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0418 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.132 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1768, 55.1038, 18.2741)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC95C #5C5DCA

analogous

#CA925C #CAC95C #94CA5C

triadic

#CAC95C #5CCAC9 #C95CCA

tetradic

#CAC95C #5CCA92 #5C5DCA #CA5C94

square

#CAC95C #5CCA92 #5C5DCA #CA5C94

split-complementary

#CAC95C #5C94CA #925CCA

monochromatic

#81812A #B0AF39 #CAC95C #D9D88A #E8E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CAC95C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CAC95C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC95C

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC95C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC95C	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac95c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.132 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd98e',
    500: '#cac95c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac95c;
$custom-light: #dcd98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac95c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.455,
    "s": 50.926,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81497,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC95C

secondary

#414289

accent

#4FDA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC95C

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

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