#CAC237#CAC237

#CAC237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.153 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC237
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -12.78, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 67.73, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0422 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.153 106)
XYZ	xyz(44.3403, 51.4176, 11.2026)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC237 #373FCA

analogous

#CA7937 #CAC237 #88CA37

triadic

#CAC237 #37CAC2 #C237CA

tetradic

#CAC237 #37CA79 #373FCA #CA3788

square

#CAC237 #37CA79 #373FCA #CA3788

split-complementary

#CAC237 #3788CA #7937CA

monochromatic

#6A661C #9B9529 #CAC237 #D7D167 #E4E098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#CAC237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC237

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC237	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)

#D3BB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.153 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded478',
    500: '#cac237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac237;
$custom-light: #ded478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.735,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79675,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.51416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC237

secondary

#313574

accent

#4FE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC237

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

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