#CAC645#CAC645

#CAC645 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.147 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC645
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -14.09, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 64.01, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0445 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.147 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6270, 53.3759, 13.5282)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC645 #4549CA

analogous

#CA8345 #CAC645 #8CCA45

triadic

#CAC645 #45CAC6 #C645CA

tetradic

#CAC645 #45CA83 #4549CA #CA458C

square

#CAC645 #45CA83 #4549CA #CA458C

split-complementary

#CAC645 #458CCA #8345CA

monochromatic

#747121 #A3A02F #CAC645 #D8D575 #E5E3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CAC645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC645

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC645	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)

#D6BE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.147 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd77f',
    500: '#cac645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac645;
$custom-light: #ddd77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80633,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC645

secondary

#37397D

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC645

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

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