#CAC95F#CAC95F

#CAC95F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.129 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC95F
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 95)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 53%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -13.79, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 54.09, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0408 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.129 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3105, 55.1573, 18.9785)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC95F #5F60CA

analogous

#CA935F #CAC95F #95CA5F

triadic

#CAC95F #5FCAC9 #C95FCA

tetradic

#CAC95F #5FCA93 #5F60CA #CA5F95

square

#CAC95F #5FCA93 #5F60CA #CA5F95

split-complementary

#CAC95F #5F95CA #935FCA

monochromatic

#83822B #B1B03B #CAC95F #D9D98D #E8E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CAC95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CAC95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC95F

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC95F	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)

#D7C255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.129 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd98f',
    500: '#cac95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac95f;
$custom-light: #dcd98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.439,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81532,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC95F

secondary

#43438B

accent

#4FDA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC95F

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

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