#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
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -15.30, 67.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 69.49, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0492 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.157 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4719, 53.6807, 11.5798)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##CAC737	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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