#CAC751#CAC751

#CAC751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.139 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC751
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -13.84, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 59.47, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0425 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.139 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2672, 53.9989, 15.7686)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC751 #5154CA

analogous

#CA8A51 #CAC751 #91CA51

triadic

#CAC751 #51CAC7 #C751CA

tetradic

#CAC751 #51CA8A #5154CA #CA5191

square

#CAC751 #51CA8A #5154CA #CA5191

split-complementary

#CAC751 #5191CA #8A51CA

monochromatic

#7B7925 #AAA734 #CAC751 #D8D680 #E7E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CAC751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC751

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC751	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.139 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd787',
    500: '#cac751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac751;
$custom-light: #ddd787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80954,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC751

secondary

#3C3E83

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC751

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

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