#CAC346#CAC346

#CAC346 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.144 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC346
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 70)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -12.51, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 62.48, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0399 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.144 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9794, 52.0305, 13.4667)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC346 #464DCA

analogous

#CA8146 #CAC346 #8FCA46

triadic

#CAC346 #46CAC3 #C346CA

tetradic

#CAC346 #46CA81 #464DCA #CA468F

square

#CAC346 #46CA81 #464DCA #CA468F

split-complementary

#CAC346 #468FCA #8146CA

monochromatic

#747021 #A49E2F #CAC346 #D8D276 #E5E2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CAC346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CAC346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC346

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC346	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.144 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd480',
    500: '#cac346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac346;
$custom-light: #ddd480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC346

secondary

#373B7D

accent

#51DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC346

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

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