#CAC960#CAC960

#CAC960 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.128 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC960
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 52.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -13.71, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 53.63, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0405 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.128 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3563, 55.1756, 19.2194)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC960 #6061CA

analogous

#CA9460 #CAC960 #96CA60

triadic

#CAC960 #60CAC9 #C960CA

tetradic

#CAC960 #60CA94 #6061CA #CA6096

square

#CAC960 #60CA94 #6061CA #CA6096

split-complementary

#CAC960 #6096CA #9460CA

monochromatic

#84832C #B2B03B #CAC960 #D9D98E #E9E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CAC960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CAC960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC960

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC960	1.00	1.74	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.74	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)

#D7C256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.128 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd990',
    500: '#cac960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac960;
$custom-light: #dcd990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81544,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC960

secondary

#43448B

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC960

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

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