#CAC236#CAC236

#CAC236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.153 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC236
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -12.83, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 68.07, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0424 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.153 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3166, 51.4081, 11.0777)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC236 #363ECA

analogous

#CA7836 #CAC236 #88CA36

triadic

#CAC236 #36CAC2 #C236CA

tetradic

#CAC236 #36CA78 #363ECA #CA3688

square

#CAC236 #36CA78 #363ECA #CA3688

split-complementary

#CAC236 #3688CA #7836CA

monochromatic

#6A661C #9A9429 #CAC236 #D7D166 #E4DF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#CAC236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC236

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC236	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.153 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded477',
    500: '#cac236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac236;
$custom-light: #ded477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79668,
    "c": 0.15319,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC236

secondary

#313474

accent

#4FE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC236

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

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