#CAC13A#CAC13A

#CAC13A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.150 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC13A
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -12.13, 65.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 66.32, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0401 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.15 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1926, 51.0036, 11.5190)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC13A #3A43CA

analogous

#CA793A #CAC13A #8BCA3A

triadic

#CAC13A #3ACAC1 #C13ACA

tetradic

#CAC13A #3ACA79 #3A43CA #CA3A8B

square

#CAC13A #3ACA79 #3A43CA #CA3A8B

split-complementary

#CAC13A #3A8BCA #793ACA

monochromatic

#6C671D #9D952A #CAC13A #D7D06A #E4DF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC13A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#CAC13A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC13A

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC13A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC13A	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	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)

#D2BA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac13a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.150 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded379',
    500: '#cac13a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac13a;
$custom-light: #ded379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac13a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79481,
    "c": 0.1499,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC13A

secondary

#323676

accent

#51E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC13A

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

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