#CAC140#CAC140

#CAC140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.146 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC140
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -11.83, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 64.10, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0386 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.146 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3542, 51.0683, 12.3703)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC140 #4049CA

analogous

#CA7C40 #CAC140 #8ECA40

triadic

#CAC140 #40CAC1 #C140CA

tetradic

#CAC140 #40CA7C #4049CA #CA408E

square

#CAC140 #40CA7C #4049CA #CA408E

split-complementary

#CAC140 #408ECA #7C40CA

monochromatic

#706B1F #A0992C #CAC140 #D7D170 #E5E0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#CAC140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC140

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC140	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.146 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded37c',
    500: '#cac140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac140;
$custom-light: #ded37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79525,
    "c": 0.14602,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC140

secondary

#35397A

accent

#52E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC140

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

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