#CAC931#CAC931

#CAC931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.162 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC931
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -16.55, 70.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 72.13, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0533 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.162 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7999, 54.5530, 11.0224)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC931 #3132CA

analogous

#CA7D31 #CAC931 #7FCA31

triadic

#CAC931 #31CAC9 #C931CA

tetradic

#CAC931 #31CA7D #3132CA #CA317F

square

#CAC931 #31CA7D #3132CA #CA317F

split-complementary

#CAC931 #317FCA #7D31CA

monochromatic

#676719 #999825 #CAC931 #D8D860 #E4E491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#CAC931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC931

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC931	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.162 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded976',
    500: '#cac931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac931;
$custom-light: #ded976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.608,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81142,
    "c": 0.16242,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC931

secondary

#2E2E72

accent

#45E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC931

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

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