#CAC839#CAC839

#CAC839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.157 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC839
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -15.71, 67.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 69.18, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0502 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.157 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7516, 54.1620, 11.9144)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC839 #393BCA

analogous

#CA7F39 #CAC839 #84CA39

triadic

#CAC839 #39CAC8 #C839CA

tetradic

#CAC839 #39CA7F #393BCA #CA3984

square

#CAC839 #39CA7F #393BCA #CA3984

split-complementary

#CAC839 #3984CA #7F39CA

monochromatic

#6C6B1D #9C9A2A #CAC839 #D7D569 #E4E39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CAC839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC839

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC839	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.157 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded879',
    500: '#cac839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac839;
$custom-light: #ded879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.172,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80974,
    "c": 0.15709,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC839

secondary

#323375

accent

#49E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC839

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

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