#CAC837#CAC837

#CAC837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.158 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC837
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -15.80, 68.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 69.85, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0506 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.158 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7027, 54.1424, 11.6568)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC837 #3739CA

analogous

#CA7F37 #CAC837 #82CA37

triadic

#CAC837 #37CAC8 #C837CA

tetradic

#CAC837 #37CA7F #3739CA #CA3782

square

#CAC837 #37CA7F #3739CA #CA3782

split-complementary

#CAC837 #3782CA #7F37CA

monochromatic

#6A691C #9B9929 #CAC837 #D7D567 #E4E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CAC837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC837

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC837	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.158 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded878',
    500: '#cac837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac837;
$custom-light: #ded878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.184,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80962,
    "c": 0.15824,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC837

secondary

#313274

accent

#49E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC837

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

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