#CAC539#CAC539

#CAC539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.154 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC539
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -14.21, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 68.09, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.046 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.154 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0636, 52.7860, 11.6851)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC539 #393ECA

analogous

#CA7C39 #CAC539 #86CA39

triadic

#CAC539 #39CAC5 #C539CA

tetradic

#CAC539 #39CA7C #393ECA #CA3986

square

#CAC539 #39CA7C #393ECA #CA3986

split-complementary

#CAC539 #3986CA #7C39CA

monochromatic

#6C691D #9C982A #CAC539 #D7D369 #E4E19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CAC539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC539

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC539	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.154 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded679',
    500: '#cac539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac539;
$custom-light: #ded679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8033,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC539

secondary

#323475

accent

#4CE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC539

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

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