#CAC536#CAC536

#CAC536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.156 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC536
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -14.34, 67.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 69.12, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0466 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.156 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9910, 52.7569, 11.3025)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC536 #363BCA

analogous

#CA7B36 #CAC536 #85CA36

triadic

#CAC536 #36CAC5 #C536CA

tetradic

#CAC536 #36CA7B #363BCA #CA3685

square

#CAC536 #36CA7B #363BCA #CA3685

split-complementary

#CAC536 #3685CA #7B36CA

monochromatic

#6A671C #9A9629 #CAC536 #D7D366 #E4E197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#CAC536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC536

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC536	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.156 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded677',
    500: '#cac536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac536;
$custom-light: #ded677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.973,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80311,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC536

secondary

#313374

accent

#4CE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC536

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

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