#CAC440#CAC440

#CAC440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.149 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC440
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -13.35, 63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 65.19, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0429 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.149 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0242, 52.4081, 12.5936)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC440 #4046CA

analogous

#CA7F40 #CAC440 #8BCA40

triadic

#CAC440 #40CAC4 #C440CA

tetradic

#CAC440 #40CA7F #4046CA #CA408B

square

#CAC440 #40CA7F #4046CA #CA408B

split-complementary

#CAC440 #408BCA #7F40CA

monochromatic

#706D1F #A09B2C #CAC440 #D7D370 #E5E2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CAC440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC440

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC440	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.149 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded57d',
    500: '#cac440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac440;
$custom-light: #ded57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80165,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC440

secondary

#35387A

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC440

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

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