#CAC841#CAC841

#CAC841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.152 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC841
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -15.32, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 66.30, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0483 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.152 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9672, 54.2482, 13.0496)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC841 #4143CA

analogous

#CA8341 #CAC841 #88CA41

triadic

#CAC841 #41CAC8 #C841CA

tetradic

#CAC841 #41CA83 #4143CA #CA4188

square

#CAC841 #41CA83 #4143CA #CA4188

split-complementary

#CAC841 #4188CA #8341CA

monochromatic

#717020 #A19F2D #CAC841 #D7D671 #E5E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CAC841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC841

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC841	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.152 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded87d',
    500: '#cac841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac841;
$custom-light: #ded87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8103,
    "c": 0.15206,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC841

secondary

#35367A

accent

#4AE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC841

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

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