#CAC151#CAC151

#CAC151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.133 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC151
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -10.79, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 57.11, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0338 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.133 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9138, 51.2921, 15.3175)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC151 #515ACA

analogous

#CA8451 #CAC151 #96CA51

triadic

#CAC151 #51CAC1 #C151CA

tetradic

#CAC151 #51CA84 #515ACA #CA5196

square

#CAC151 #51CA84 #515ACA #CA5196

split-complementary

#CAC151 #5196CA #8451CA

monochromatic

#7B7525 #AAA134 #CAC151 #D8D280 #E7E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#CAC151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC151

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC151	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.133 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd386',
    500: '#cac151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac151;
$custom-light: #ddd386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79676,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC151

secondary

#3C4183

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC151

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

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