#CAC451#CAC451

#CAC451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.136 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC451
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -12.32, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 58.27, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0381 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.136 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5837, 52.6320, 15.5408)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC451 #5157CA

analogous

#CA8751 #CAC451 #93CA51

triadic

#CAC451 #51CAC4 #C451CA

tetradic

#CAC451 #51CA87 #5157CA #CA5193

square

#CAC451 #51CA87 #5157CA #CA5193

split-complementary

#CAC451 #5193CA #8751CA

monochromatic

#7B7725 #AAA434 #CAC451 #D8D480 #E7E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CAC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC451

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC451	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.136 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd586',
    500: '#cac451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac451;
$custom-light: #ddd586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80314,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC451

secondary

#3C3F83

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC451

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

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