#CAC149#CAC149

#CAC149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.140 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC149
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -11.31, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 60.51, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0362 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.14 105)
XYZ	xyz(44.6313, 51.1791, 13.8296)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC149 #4952CA

analogous

#CA8149 #CAC149 #93CA49

triadic

#CAC149 #49CAC1 #C149CA

tetradic

#CAC149 #49CA81 #4952CA #CA4993

square

#CAC149 #49CA81 #4952CA #CA4993

split-complementary

#CAC149 #4993CA #8149CA

monochromatic

#767022 #A69D30 #CAC149 #D8D178 #E6E1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#CAC149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC149

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC149	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.140 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd381',
    500: '#cac149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac149;
$custom-light: #ddd381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.796,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.51178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC149

secondary

#383D7F

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC149

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

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