#CAC136#CAC136

#CAC136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.152 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC136
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -12.32, 66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 67.73, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.041 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.152 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0948, 50.9645, 11.0037)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC136 #363FCA

analogous

#CA7736 #CAC136 #89CA36

triadic

#CAC136 #36CAC1 #C136CA

tetradic

#CAC136 #36CA77 #363FCA #CA3689

square

#CAC136 #36CA77 #363FCA #CA3689

split-complementary

#CAC136 #3689CA #7736CA

monochromatic

#6A651C #9A9329 #CAC136 #D7D066 #E4DF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CAC136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#CAC136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC136

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC136	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.152 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded377',
    500: '#cac136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac136;
$custom-light: #ded377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.351,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79455,
    "c": 0.15229,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC136

secondary

#313574

accent

#50E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC136

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

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