#CAC131#CAC131

#CAC131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.155 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC131
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -12.53, 68.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 69.38, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.042 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.155 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9833, 50.9199, 10.4168)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC131 #313ACA

analogous

#CA7531 #CAC131 #86CA31

triadic

#CAC131 #31CAC1 #C131CA

tetradic

#CAC131 #31CA75 #313ACA #CA3186

square

#CAC131 #31CA75 #313ACA #CA3186

split-complementary

#CAC131 #3186CA #7531CA

monochromatic

#676319 #999225 #CAC131 #D8D160 #E4DF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#CAC131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC131

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC131	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.155 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded375',
    500: '#cac131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac131;
$custom-light: #ded375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79425,
    "c": 0.15504,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC131

secondary

#2E3272

accent

#4DE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC131

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

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