#CAC845#CAC845

#CAC845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.149 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC845
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -15.09, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 64.77, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0473 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.149 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0872, 54.2962, 13.6816)
Luminance	0.5430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC845 #4547CA

analogous

#CA8545 #CAC845 #89CA45

triadic

#CAC845 #45CAC8 #C845CA

tetradic

#CAC845 #45CA85 #4547CA #CA4589

square

#CAC845 #45CA85 #4547CA #CA4589

split-complementary

#CAC845 #4589CA #8545CA

monochromatic

#747221 #A3A22F #CAC845 #D8D675 #E5E4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CAC845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC845

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC845	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.149 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd880',
    500: '#cac845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac845;
$custom-light: #ddd880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81062,
    "c": 0.14931,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC845

secondary

#37387D

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC845

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

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