#CAC636#CAC636

#CAC636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.157 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC636
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -14.85, 67.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 69.47, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.048 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.157 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2188, 53.2126, 11.3784)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC636 #363ACA

analogous

#CA7C36 #CAC636 #84CA36

triadic

#CAC636 #36CAC6 #C636CA

tetradic

#CAC636 #36CA7C #363ACA #CA3684

square

#CAC636 #36CA7C #363ACA #CA3684

split-complementary

#CAC636 #3684CA #7C36CA

monochromatic

#6A681C #9A9729 #CAC636 #D7D466 #E4E197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CAC636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC636

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC636	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.157 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded778',
    500: '#cac636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac636;
$custom-light: #ded778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80525,
    "c": 0.15691,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC636

secondary

#313274

accent

#4BE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC636

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

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