#CAC938#CAC938

#CAC938 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	#CAC938
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -16.26, 67.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 69.88, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0518 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.159 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9593, 54.6168, 11.8617)
Luminance	0.5462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC938 #3839CA

analogous

#CA8038 #CAC938 #82CA38

triadic

#CAC938 #38CAC9 #C938CA

tetradic

#CAC938 #38CA80 #3839CA #CA3882

square

#CAC938 #38CA80 #3839CA #CA3882

split-complementary

#CAC938 #3882CA #8038CA

monochromatic

#6B6B1D #9B9B29 #CAC938 #D7D668 #E4E399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#CAC938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC938

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC938	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)

#D9C11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.159 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded979',
    500: '#cac938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac938;
$custom-light: #ded979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.589,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81183,
    "c": 0.15863,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC938

secondary

#313275

accent

#48E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC938

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

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