#CAC139#CAC139

#CAC139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.151 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC139
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -12.18, 65.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 66.68, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0403 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.151 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1674, 50.9935, 11.3863)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC139 #3942CA

analogous

#CA7839 #CAC139 #8ACA39

triadic

#CAC139 #39CAC1 #C139CA

tetradic

#CAC139 #39CA78 #3942CA #CA398A

square

#CAC139 #39CA78 #3942CA #CA398A

split-complementary

#CAC139 #398ACA #7839CA

monochromatic

#6C671D #9C952A #CAC139 #D7D069 #E4DF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#CAC139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC139

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC139	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)

#D2BA21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.151 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded379',
    500: '#cac139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac139;
$custom-light: #ded379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.276,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79475,
    "c": 0.15051,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC139

secondary

#323675

accent

#50E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC139

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

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