#CAC641#CAC641

#CAC641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.150 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC641
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -14.31, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 65.55, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0455 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.15 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5070, 53.3279, 12.8962)
Luminance	0.5333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC641 #4145CA

analogous

#CA8141 #CAC641 #8ACA41

triadic

#CAC641 #41CAC6 #C641CA

tetradic

#CAC641 #41CA81 #4145CA #CA418A

square

#CAC641 #41CA81 #4145CA #CA418A

split-complementary

#CAC641 #418ACA #8141CA

monochromatic

#716F20 #A19E2D #CAC641 #D7D471 #E5E3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CAC641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC641

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC641	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.150 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded77d',
    500: '#cac641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac641;
$custom-light: #ded77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80601,
    "c": 0.1501,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC641

secondary

#35377A

accent

#4DE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC641

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

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