#CAC643#CAC643

#CAC643 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	#CAC643
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 67)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -14.20, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 64.78, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.045 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.149 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5660, 53.3514, 13.2067)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC643 #4347CA

analogous

#CA8243 #CAC643 #8BCA43

triadic

#CAC643 #43CAC6 #C643CA

tetradic

#CAC643 #43CA82 #4347CA #CA438B

square

#CAC643 #43CA82 #4347CA #CA438B

split-complementary

#CAC643 #438BCA #8243CA

monochromatic

#727020 #A29F2E #CAC643 #D7D473 #E5E3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CAC643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC643

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC643	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)

#D6BE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.149 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd77e',
    500: '#cac643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac643;
$custom-light: #ddd77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80617,
    "c": 0.14873,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC643

secondary

#36387B

accent

#4DDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC643

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

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