#CAC436#CAC436

#CAC436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.155 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC436
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -13.84, 67.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 68.76, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0452 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.155 107)
XYZ	xyz(44.7647, 52.3043, 11.2271)
Luminance	0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC436 #363CCA

analogous

#CA7A36 #CAC436 #86CA36

triadic

#CAC436 #36CAC4 #C436CA

tetradic

#CAC436 #36CA7A #363CCA #CA3686

square

#CAC436 #36CA7A #363CCA #CA3686

split-complementary

#CAC436 #3686CA #7A36CA

monochromatic

#6A671C #9A9629 #CAC436 #D7D266 #E4E097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#CAC436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC436

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC436	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.155 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded577',
    500: '#cac436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac436;
$custom-light: #ded577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.568,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80096,
    "c": 0.15503,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.52303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC436

secondary

#313374

accent

#4DE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC436

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

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