#CAC13D#CAC13D

#CAC13D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.148 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC13D
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -11.99, 64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 65.23, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0394 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.148 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2712, 51.0350, 11.9327)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC13D #3D46CA

analogous

#CA7B3D #CAC13D #8DCA3D

triadic

#CAC13D #3DCAC1 #C13DCA

tetradic

#CAC13D #3DCA7B #3D46CA #CA3D8D

square

#CAC13D #3DCA7B #3D46CA #CA3D8D

split-complementary

#CAC13D #3D8DCA #7B3DCA

monochromatic

#6E691E #9F972B #CAC13D #D7D06D #E4E09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC13D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#CAC13D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC13D

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC13D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC13D	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac13d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.148 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded37b',
    500: '#cac13d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac13d;
$custom-light: #ded37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac13d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79503,
    "c": 0.14801,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC13D

secondary

#333878

accent

#51E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC13D

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

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