#CAC831#CAC831

#CAC831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.161 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC831
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -16.06, 69.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 71.78, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0519 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.161 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5675, 54.0883, 10.9449)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC831 #3133CA

analogous

#CA7C31 #CAC831 #80CA31

triadic

#CAC831 #31CAC8 #C831CA

tetradic

#CAC831 #31CA7C #3133CA #CA3180

square

#CAC831 #31CA7C #3133CA #CA3180

split-complementary

#CAC831 #3180CA #7C31CA

monochromatic

#676619 #999725 #CAC831 #D8D760 #E4E391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CAC831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC831

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC831	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.161 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded875',
    500: '#cac831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac831;
$custom-light: #ded875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.216,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80926,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC831

secondary

#2E2F72

accent

#46E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC831

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

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