#CAC246#CAC246

#CAC246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.143 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC246
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -12.00, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 62.11, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0384 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.143 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7561, 51.5839, 13.3923)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC246 #464ECA

analogous

#CA8046 #CAC246 #90CA46

triadic

#CAC246 #46CAC2 #C246CA

tetradic

#CAC246 #46CA80 #464ECA #CA4690

square

#CAC246 #46CA80 #464ECA #CA4690

split-complementary

#CAC246 #4690CA #8046CA

monochromatic

#746F21 #A49D2F #CAC246 #D8D276 #E5E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#CAC246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC246

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC246	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.143 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd480',
    500: '#cac246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac246;
$custom-light: #ddd480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79787,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC246

secondary

#373B7D

accent

#52DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC246

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

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