#CAC951#CAC951

#CAC951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.141 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC951
RGB	rgb(202, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -14.84, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 60.28, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0453 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.141 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7304, 54.9252, 15.9230)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC951 #5152CA

analogous

#CA8C51 #CAC951 #8ECA51

triadic

#CAC951 #51CAC9 #C951CA

tetradic

#CAC951 #51CA8C #5152CA #CA518E

square

#CAC951 #51CA8C #5152CA #CA518E

split-complementary

#CAC951 #518ECA #8C51CA

monochromatic

#7B7A25 #AAA934 #CAC951 #D8D880 #E7E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CAC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CAC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC951

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC951	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.141 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd987',
    500: '#cac951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac951;
$custom-light: #ddd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.504,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81382,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC951

secondary

#3C3D83

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC951

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

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