#CAC846#CAC846

#CAC846 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.149 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC846
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -15.04, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 64.38, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.047 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.149 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1185, 54.3087, 13.8464)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC846 #4648CA

analogous

#CA8646 #CAC846 #8ACA46

triadic

#CAC846 #46CAC8 #C846CA

tetradic

#CAC846 #46CA86 #4648CA #CA468A

square

#CAC846 #46CA86 #4648CA #CA468A

split-complementary

#CAC846 #468ACA #8646CA

monochromatic

#747321 #A4A22F #CAC846 #D8D676 #E5E4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CAC846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC846

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC846	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)

#D8C034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.149 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd880',
    500: '#cac846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac846;
$custom-light: #ddd880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8107,
    "c": 0.1486,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC846

secondary

#37387D

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC846

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

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