#CAC95E#CAC95E

#CAC95E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.130 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC95E
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 53.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -13.88, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 54.55, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0412 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.13 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2654, 55.1392, 18.7406)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC95E #5E5FCA

analogous

#CA935E #CAC95E #95CA5E

triadic

#CAC95E #5ECAC9 #C95ECA

tetradic

#CAC95E #5ECA93 #5E5FCA #CA5E95

square

#CAC95E #5ECA93 #5E5FCA #CA5E95

split-complementary

#CAC95E #5E95CA #935ECA

monochromatic

#83822B #B1B03A #CAC95E #D9D88C #E8E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CAC95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CAC95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC95E

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC95E	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.130 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd98f',
    500: '#cac95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac95e;
$custom-light: #dcd98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.444,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8152,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC95E

secondary

#42438A

accent

#4FDA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC95E

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

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