#CAC036#CAC036

#CAC036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.151 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC036
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -11.81, 66.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 67.38, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0395 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.151 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8745, 50.5239, 10.9303)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC036 #3640CA

analogous

#CA7636 #CAC036 #8ACA36

triadic

#CAC036 #36CAC0 #C036CA

tetradic

#CAC036 #36CA76 #3640CA #CA368A

square

#CAC036 #36CA76 #3640CA #CA368A

split-complementary

#CAC036 #368ACA #7636CA

monochromatic

#6A641C #9A9229 #CAC036 #D7CF66 #E4DE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CAC036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#CAC036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC036

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC036	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.151 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded277',
    500: '#cac036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac036;
$custom-light: #ded277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79242,
    "c": 0.15139,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC036

secondary

#313574

accent

#51E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC036

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

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