#CAC934#CAC934

#CAC934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.161 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC934
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 52)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 74.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -16.43, 69.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 71.19, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0527 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.161 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8653, 54.5792, 11.3670)
Luminance	0.5458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC934 #3435CA

analogous

#CA7E34 #CAC934 #80CA34

triadic

#CAC934 #34CAC9 #C934CA

tetradic

#CAC934 #34CA7E #3435CA #CA3480

square

#CAC934 #34CA7E #3435CA #CA3480

split-complementary

#CAC934 #3480CA #7E34CA

monochromatic

#69681B #999927 #CAC934 #D7D664 #E4E395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#CAC934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC934

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC934	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.161 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded977',
    500: '#cac934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac934;
$custom-light: #ded977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.6,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81159,
    "c": 0.16086,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC934

secondary

#303073

accent

#47E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC934

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

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