#CAC642#CAC642

#CAC642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.149 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC642
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -14.26, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 65.17, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0452 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.149 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5362, 53.3395, 13.0501)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC642 #4246CA

analogous

#CA8242 #CAC642 #8ACA42

triadic

#CAC642 #42CAC6 #C642CA

tetradic

#CAC642 #42CA82 #4246CA #CA428A

square

#CAC642 #42CA82 #4246CA #CA428A

split-complementary

#CAC642 #428ACA #8242CA

monochromatic

#726F20 #A29E2D #CAC642 #D7D472 #E5E3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CAC642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC642

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC642	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)

#D6BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.149 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd77e',
    500: '#cac642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac642;
$custom-light: #ddd77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80609,
    "c": 0.14942,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC642

secondary

#35377B

accent

#4DDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC642

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

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