#CAC340#CAC340

#CAC340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.148 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC340
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -12.85, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 64.82, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0415 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.148 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7993, 51.9585, 12.5187)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC340 #4047CA

analogous

#CA7E40 #CAC340 #8CCA40

triadic

#CAC340 #40CAC3 #C340CA

tetradic

#CAC340 #40CA7E #4047CA #CA408C

square

#CAC340 #40CA7E #4047CA #CA408C

split-complementary

#CAC340 #408CCA #7E40CA

monochromatic

#706C1F #A09A2C #CAC340 #D7D270 #E5E1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CAC340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CAC340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC340

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC340	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.148 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47c',
    500: '#cac340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac340;
$custom-light: #ded47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79952,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC340

secondary

#35387A

accent

#50E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC340

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

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