#CAC13B#CAC13B

#CAC13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.149 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC13B
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -12.09, 64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 65.96, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0398 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.149 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2183, 51.0139, 11.6543)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC13B #3B44CA

analogous

#CA793B #CAC13B #8BCA3B

triadic

#CAC13B #3BCAC1 #C13BCA

tetradic

#CAC13B #3BCA79 #3B44CA #CA3B8B

square

#CAC13B #3BCA79 #3B44CA #CA3B8B

split-complementary

#CAC13B #3B8BCA #793BCA

monochromatic

#6D681E #9D962B #CAC13B #D7D06B #E4DF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#CAC13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC13B

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC13B	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)

#D2BA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.149 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded37a',
    500: '#cac13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac13b;
$custom-light: #ded37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79488,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC13B

secondary

#333777

accent

#51E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC13B

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

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