#CAC431#CAC431

#CAC431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.158 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC431
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -14.05, 68.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 70.39, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0463 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.158 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6532, 52.2598, 10.6401)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC431 #3137CA

analogous

#CA7831 #CAC431 #84CA31

triadic

#CAC431 #31CAC4 #C431CA

tetradic

#CAC431 #31CA78 #3137CA #CA3184

square

#CAC431 #31CA78 #3137CA #CA3184

split-complementary

#CAC431 #3184CA #7831CA

monochromatic

#676419 #999425 #CAC431 #D8D460 #E4E191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CAC431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC431

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC431	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.158 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded575',
    500: '#cac431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac431;
$custom-light: #ded575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80067,
    "c": 0.15776,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC431

secondary

#2E3072

accent

#4AE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC431

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

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