#CAC737#CAC737

#CAC737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.157 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CAC737
RGBrgb(202, 199, 55)
HSLhsl(59, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(59, 73%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.5%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(78.28, -15.30, 67.79)
CIE-LCHlch(78.28, 69.49, 102.72°)
OKLaboklab(80.75% -0.0492 0.1494)
OKLCHoklch(80.75% 0.157 108.2)
XYZxyz(45.4719, 53.6807, 11.5798)
Luminance0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CAC737 #373ACA
analogous
#CA7E37 #CAC737 #83CA37
triadic
#CAC737 #37CAC7 #C737CA
tetradic
#CAC737 #37CA7E #373ACA #CA3783
square
#CAC737 #37CA7E #373ACA #CA3783
split-complementary
#CAC737 #3783CA #7E37CA
monochromatic
#6A691C #9B9829 #CAC737 #D7D567 #E4E298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#CAC737 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74
#CAC737 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC737
11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CAC737#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CAC7371.001.7911.7411.74
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7421.001.001.00
##00000011.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8BF1A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC442
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D9BAAB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cac737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.157 108.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded778',
    500: '#cac737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cac737;
$custom-light: #ded778;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cac737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80746,
    "c": 0.15729,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CAC737
secondary
#313274
accent
#4AE146
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF1
border
#D5D4CB
text
#16140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC737

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#CAC737 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva