#CAC93D#CAC93D

#CAC93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.156 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC93D
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 61)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -16.02, 66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 68.14, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0507 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.156 109)
XYZ	xyz(46.0877, 54.6682, 12.5382)
Luminance	0.5467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC93D #3D3ECA

analogous

#CA823D #CAC93D #85CA3D

triadic

#CAC93D #3DCAC9 #C93DCA

tetradic

#CAC93D #3DCA82 #3D3ECA #CA3D85

square

#CAC93D #3DCA82 #3D3ECA #CA3D85

split-complementary

#CAC93D #3D85CA #823DCA

monochromatic

#6E6E1E #9F9E2B #CAC93D #D7D66D #E4E49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CAC93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC93D

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC93D	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)

#D9C125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.156 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97b',
    500: '#cac93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac93d;
$custom-light: #ded97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81216,
    "c": 0.15563,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.54667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC93D

secondary

#333478

accent

#49E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC93D

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

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