#CAC834#CAC834

#CAC834 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.160 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC834
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 52)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 74.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -15.93, 69.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 70.84, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0513 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.16 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6330, 54.1145, 11.2895)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC834 #3436CA

analogous

#CA7D34 #CAC834 #81CA34

triadic

#CAC834 #34CAC8 #C834CA

tetradic

#CAC834 #34CA7D #3436CA #CA3481

square

#CAC834 #34CA7D #3436CA #CA3481

split-complementary

#CAC834 #3481CA #7D34CA

monochromatic

#69681B #999827 #CAC834 #D7D664 #E4E395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CAC834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC834

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC834	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.160 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded877',
    500: '#cac834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac834;
$custom-light: #ded877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80943,
    "c": 0.1599,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC834

secondary

#303073

accent

#48E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC834

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

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