#CAC438#CAC438

#CAC438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.154 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC438
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -13.75, 66.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 68.08, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0448 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.154 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8126, 52.3235, 11.4795)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC438 #383ECA

analogous

#CA7B38 #CAC438 #87CA38

triadic

#CAC438 #38CAC4 #C438CA

tetradic

#CAC438 #38CA7B #383ECA #CA3887

square

#CAC438 #38CA7B #383ECA #CA3887

split-complementary

#CAC438 #3887CA #7B38CA

monochromatic

#6B681D #9B9729 #CAC438 #D7D268 #E4E199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#CAC438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC438

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC438	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)

#D5BC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.154 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded578',
    500: '#cac438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac438;
$custom-light: #ded578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.534,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80109,
    "c": 0.15387,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC438

secondary

#313475

accent

#4DE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC438

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

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