#CAC231#CAC231

#CAC231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.156 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC231
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -13.04, 68.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 69.71, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0434 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.156 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2051, 51.3635, 10.4908)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC231 #3139CA

analogous

#CA7631 #CAC231 #86CA31

triadic

#CAC231 #31CAC2 #C231CA

tetradic

#CAC231 #31CA76 #3139CA #CA3186

square

#CAC231 #31CA76 #3139CA #CA3186

split-complementary

#CAC231 #3186CA #7631CA

monochromatic

#676319 #999325 #CAC231 #D8D260 #E4E091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CAC231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC231

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC231	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.156 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded475',
    500: '#cac231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac231;
$custom-light: #ded475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.863,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79639,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC231

secondary

#2E3172

accent

#4CE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC231

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

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