#CAC739#CAC739

#CAC739 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.156 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC739
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -15.21, 67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 68.81, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0488 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.156 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5208, 53.7003, 11.8374)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC739 #393CCA

analogous

#CA7F39 #CAC739 #84CA39

triadic

#CAC739 #39CAC7 #C739CA

tetradic

#CAC739 #39CA7F #393CCA #CA3984

square

#CAC739 #39CA7F #393CCA #CA3984

split-complementary

#CAC739 #3984CA #7F39CA

monochromatic

#6C6A1D #9C9A2A #CAC739 #D7D569 #E4E29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CAC739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC739

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC739	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.156 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded779',
    500: '#cac739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac739;
$custom-light: #ded779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.759,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80759,
    "c": 0.15612,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC739

secondary

#323375

accent

#4AE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC739

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

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