#CAC937#CAC937

#CAC937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.159 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC937
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -16.30, 68.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 70.22, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.052 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.159 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9351, 54.6071, 11.7342)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC937 #3738CA

analogous

#CA7F37 #CAC937 #81CA37

triadic

#CAC937 #37CAC9 #C937CA

tetradic

#CAC937 #37CA7F #3738CA #CA3781

square

#CAC937 #37CA7F #3738CA #CA3781

split-complementary

#CAC937 #3781CA #7F37CA

monochromatic

#6A6A1C #9B9A29 #CAC937 #D7D667 #E4E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#CAC937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC937

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC937	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)

#D9C119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.159 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded978',
    500: '#cac937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac937;
$custom-light: #ded978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81177,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC937

secondary

#313174

accent

#48E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC937

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

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