#CAC239#CAC239

#CAC239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.151 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC239
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -12.69, 65.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 67.03, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0417 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.151 106)
XYZ	xyz(44.3892, 51.4372, 11.4602)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC239 #3941CA

analogous

#CA7939 #CAC239 #89CA39

triadic

#CAC239 #39CAC2 #C239CA

tetradic

#CAC239 #39CA79 #3941CA #CA3989

square

#CAC239 #39CA79 #3941CA #CA3989

split-complementary

#CAC239 #3989CA #7939CA

monochromatic

#6C671D #9C962A #CAC239 #D7D169 #E4E09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#CAC239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC239

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC239	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.151 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded479',
    500: '#cac239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac239;
$custom-light: #ded479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.69,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79688,
    "c": 0.15143,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.51436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC239

secondary

#323675

accent

#4FE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC239

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

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