#CAC851#CAC851

#CAC851 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.140 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC851
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -14.34, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 59.87, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0439 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.14 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4980, 54.4605, 15.8456)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC851 #5153CA

analogous

#CA8B51 #CAC851 #90CA51

triadic

#CAC851 #51CAC8 #C851CA

tetradic

#CAC851 #51CA8B #5153CA #CA5190

square

#CAC851 #51CA8B #5153CA #CA5190

split-complementary

#CAC851 #5190CA #8B51CA

monochromatic

#7B7A25 #AAA834 #CAC851 #D8D780 #E7E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#CAC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC851

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC851	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.140 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd887',
    500: '#cac851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac851;
$custom-light: #ddd887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81168,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC851

secondary

#3C3D83

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC851

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

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