#CAC240#CAC240

#CAC240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.147 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC240
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -12.34, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 64.46, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.04 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.147 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5760, 51.5119, 12.4442)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC240 #4048CA

analogous

#CA7D40 #CAC240 #8DCA40

triadic

#CAC240 #40CAC2 #C240CA

tetradic

#CAC240 #40CA7D #4048CA #CA408D

square

#CAC240 #40CA7D #4048CA #CA408D

split-complementary

#CAC240 #408DCA #7D40CA

monochromatic

#706C1F #A09A2C #CAC240 #D7D170 #E5E1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CAC240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC240

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC240	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.147 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47c',
    500: '#cac240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac240;
$custom-light: #ded47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79738,
    "c": 0.14696,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC240

secondary

#35397A

accent

#51E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC240

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

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