#CACC79#CACC79

#CACC79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.106 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC79
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 40.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -12.86, 41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 43.03, 107.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0357 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.106 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4019, 57.1237, 26.5090)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC79 #7B79CC

analogous

#CCA479 #CACC79 #A0CC79

triadic

#CACC79 #79CACC #CC79CA

tetradic

#CACC79 #79CCA4 #7B79CC #CC79A0

square

#CACC79 #79CCA4 #7B79CC #CC79A0

split-complementary

#CACC79 #79A0CC #A479CC

monochromatic

#919338 #B8BB4D #CACC79 #DCDDA5 #EDEED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CACC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CACC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC79

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC79	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.106 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdba1',
    500: '#cacc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc79;
$custom-light: #dbdba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.446,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82524,
    "c": 0.10579,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC79

secondary

#525099

accent

#2DB831

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC79

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

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