#CAC138#CAC138

#CAC138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.151 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC138
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -12.23, 65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 67.03, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0405 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.151 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1427, 50.9837, 11.2562)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC138 #3841CA

analogous

#CA7838 #CAC138 #8ACA38

triadic

#CAC138 #38CAC1 #C138CA

tetradic

#CAC138 #38CA78 #3841CA #CA388A

square

#CAC138 #38CA78 #3841CA #CA388A

split-complementary

#CAC138 #388ACA #7838CA

monochromatic

#6B661D #9B9429 #CAC138 #D7D068 #E4DF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#CAC138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC138

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC138	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.151 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded378',
    500: '#cac138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac138;
$custom-light: #ded378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79468,
    "c": 0.15111,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC138

secondary

#313675

accent

#50E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC138

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

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