#CAC336#CAC336

#CAC336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.154 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC336
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -13.33, 67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 68.42, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0438 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.154 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5399, 51.8547, 11.1521)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC336 #363DCA

analogous

#CA7936 #CAC336 #87CA36

triadic

#CAC336 #36CAC3 #C336CA

tetradic

#CAC336 #36CA79 #363DCA #CA3687

square

#CAC336 #36CA79 #363DCA #CA3687

split-complementary

#CAC336 #3687CA #7936CA

monochromatic

#6A661C #9A9529 #CAC336 #D7D166 #E4E097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#CAC336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC336

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC336	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.154 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded477',
    500: '#cac336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac336;
$custom-light: #ded477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.162,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79882,
    "c": 0.15411,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC336

secondary

#313474

accent

#4EE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC336

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

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