#CAC339#CAC339

#CAC339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.152 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC339
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -13.20, 66.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 67.38, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0431 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.152 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6125, 51.8838, 11.5347)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC339 #3940CA

analogous

#CA7A39 #CAC339 #89CA39

triadic

#CAC339 #39CAC3 #C339CA

tetradic

#CAC339 #39CA7A #3940CA #CA3989

square

#CAC339 #39CA7A #3940CA #CA3989

split-complementary

#CAC339 #3989CA #7A39CA

monochromatic

#6C681D #9C972A #CAC339 #D7D269 #E4E09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CAC339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC339

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC339	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.152 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded479',
    500: '#cac339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac339;
$custom-light: #ded479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.103,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79902,
    "c": 0.15236,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC339

secondary

#323575

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC339

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

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