#CAC040#CAC040

#CAC040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.145 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC040
RGB	rgb(202, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -11.32, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 63.74, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0372 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.145 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1339, 50.6277, 12.2968)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC040 #404ACA

analogous

#CA7B40 #CAC040 #8FCA40

triadic

#CAC040 #40CAC0 #C040CA

tetradic

#CAC040 #40CA7B #404ACA #CA408F

square

#CAC040 #40CA7B #404ACA #CA408F

split-complementary

#CAC040 #408FCA #7B40CA

monochromatic

#706B1F #A0982C #CAC040 #D7D070 #E5E0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CAC040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#CAC040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC040

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC040	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.145 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded27c',
    500: '#cac040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac040;
$custom-light: #ded27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79312,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC040

secondary

#353A7A

accent

#53E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC040

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

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