#CAC037#CAC037

#CAC037 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 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC037
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -11.77, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 67.04, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0393 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.151 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8982, 50.5334, 11.0553)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC037 #3741CA

analogous

#CA7637 #CAC037 #8BCA37

triadic

#CAC037 #37CAC0 #C037CA

tetradic

#CAC037 #37CA76 #3741CA #CA378B

square

#CAC037 #37CA76 #3741CA #CA378B

split-complementary

#CAC037 #378BCA #7637CA

monochromatic

#6A651C #9B9329 #CAC037 #D7CF67 #E4DE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CAC037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#CAC037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC037

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC037	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.151 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded277',
    500: '#cac037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac037;
$custom-light: #ded277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.918,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79248,
    "c": 0.1508,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC037

secondary

#313674

accent

#51E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC037

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

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