#CAC93A#CAC93A

#CAC93A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.157 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC93A
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -16.17, 67.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 69.20, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0514 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.157 109)
XYZ	xyz(46.0092, 54.6367, 12.1245)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC93A #3A3BCA

analogous

#CA813A #CAC93A #83CA3A

triadic

#CAC93A #3ACAC9 #C93ACA

tetradic

#CAC93A #3ACA81 #3A3BCA #CA3A83

square

#CAC93A #3ACA81 #3A3BCA #CA3A83

split-complementary

#CAC93A #3A83CA #813ACA

monochromatic

#6C6C1D #9D9C2A #CAC93A #D7D66A #E4E39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC93A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CAC93A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC93A

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC93A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC93A	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac93a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.157 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97a',
    500: '#cac93a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac93a;
$custom-light: #ded97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac93a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.583,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81196,
    "c": 0.15746,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.54635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC93A

secondary

#323376

accent

#48E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC93A

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

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