#CAC540#CAC540

#CAC540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.150 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC540
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -13.86, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 65.55, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0443 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.15 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2505, 52.8607, 12.6690)
Luminance	0.5286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC540 #4045CA

analogous

#CA8040 #CAC540 #8ACA40

triadic

#CAC540 #40CAC5 #C540CA

tetradic

#CAC540 #40CA80 #4045CA #CA408A

square

#CAC540 #40CA80 #4045CA #CA408A

split-complementary

#CAC540 #408ACA #8040CA

monochromatic

#706D1F #A09C2C #CAC540 #D7D470 #E5E2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CAC540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CAC540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC540

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC540	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.150 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded67d',
    500: '#cac540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac540;
$custom-light: #ded67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.826,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80379,
    "c": 0.14981,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC540

secondary

#35377A

accent

#4DE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC540

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

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