#CAC970#CAC970

#CAC970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.112 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC970
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 44.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -12.26, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 46.05, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0348 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.112 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1693, 55.5008, 23.5014)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC970 #7071CA

analogous

#CA9C70 #CAC970 #9ECA70

triadic

#CAC970 #70CAC9 #C970CA

tetradic

#CAC970 #70CA9C #7071CA #CA709E

square

#CAC970 #70CA9C #7071CA #CA709E

split-complementary

#CAC970 #709ECA #9C70CA

monochromatic

#8C8B34 #B8B744 #CAC970 #DBDA9D #EBEBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CAC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#CAC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC970

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC970	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.112 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd99b',
    500: '#cac970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac970;
$custom-light: #dcd99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.333,
    "s": 45.918,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81753,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC970

secondary

#4B4C93

accent

#2EB92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC970

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

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