#CAC146#CAC146

#CAC146 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.142 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC146
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -11.50, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 61.74, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.037 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.142 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5343, 51.1403, 13.3184)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC146 #464FCA

analogous

#CA7F46 #CAC146 #91CA46

triadic

#CAC146 #46CAC1 #C146CA

tetradic

#CAC146 #46CA7F #464FCA #CA4691

square

#CAC146 #46CA7F #464FCA #CA4691

split-complementary

#CAC146 #4691CA #7F46CA

monochromatic

#746F21 #A49C2F #CAC146 #D8D176 #E5E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CAC146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#CAC146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC146

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC146	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.142 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd380',
    500: '#cac146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac146;
$custom-light: #ddd380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79574,
    "c": 0.14179,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC146

secondary

#373C7D

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC146

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

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