#CAC640#CAC640

#CAC640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.151 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC640
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -14.36, 64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 65.92, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0457 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.151 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4783, 53.3164, 12.7450)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC640 #4044CA

analogous

#CA8140 #CAC640 #89CA40

triadic

#CAC640 #40CAC6 #C640CA

tetradic

#CAC640 #40CA81 #4044CA #CA4089

square

#CAC640 #40CA81 #4044CA #CA4089

split-complementary

#CAC640 #4089CA #8140CA

monochromatic

#706E1F #A09D2C #CAC640 #D7D470 #E5E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CAC640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC640

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC640	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.151 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded77d',
    500: '#cac640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac640;
$custom-light: #ded77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80594,
    "c": 0.15076,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC640

secondary

#35377A

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC640

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

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