#CAC439#CAC439

#CAC439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.153 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC439
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -13.70, 66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 67.73, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0446 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.153 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8373, 52.3334, 11.6096)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC439 #393FCA

analogous

#CA7B39 #CAC439 #87CA39

triadic

#CAC439 #39CAC4 #C439CA

tetradic

#CAC439 #39CA7B #393FCA #CA3987

square

#CAC439 #39CA7B #393FCA #CA3987

split-complementary

#CAC439 #3987CA #7B39CA

monochromatic

#6C681D #9C972A #CAC439 #D7D269 #E4E19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CAC439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC439

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC439	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.153 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded579',
    500: '#cac439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac439;
$custom-light: #ded579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.517,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80116,
    "c": 0.15328,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC439

secondary

#323575

accent

#4DE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC439

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

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