#CAC949#CAC949

#CAC949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.147 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC949
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -15.36, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 63.58, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0476 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.147 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4479, 54.8122, 14.4351)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC949 #494ACA

analogous

#CA8949 #CAC949 #8BCA49

triadic

#CAC949 #49CAC9 #C949CA

tetradic

#CAC949 #49CA89 #494ACA #CA498B

square

#CAC949 #49CA89 #494ACA #CA498B

split-complementary

#CAC949 #498BCA #8949CA

monochromatic

#767622 #A6A530 #CAC949 #D8D778 #E6E5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#CAC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC949

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC949	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.147 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd982',
    500: '#cac949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac949;
$custom-light: #ddd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81309,
    "c": 0.14742,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC949

secondary

#38397F

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC949

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

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