#CAC241#CAC241

#CAC241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.146 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC241
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -12.29, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 64.08, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0398 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.146 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6048, 51.5234, 12.5954)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC241 #4149CA

analogous

#CA7D41 #CAC241 #8ECA41

triadic

#CAC241 #41CAC2 #C241CA

tetradic

#CAC241 #41CA7D #4149CA #CA418E

square

#CAC241 #41CA7D #4149CA #CA418E

split-complementary

#CAC241 #418ECA #7D41CA

monochromatic

#716C20 #A19A2D #CAC241 #D7D171 #E5E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CAC241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC241

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC241	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.146 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47d',
    500: '#cac241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac241;
$custom-light: #ded47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79746,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC241

secondary

#35397A

accent

#51E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC241

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

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