#CAC154#CAC154

#CAC154 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.131 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC154
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 84)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 58.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -10.58, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 55.79, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0329 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.131 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0288, 51.3381, 15.9231)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC154 #545DCA

analogous

#CA8654 #CAC154 #98CA54

triadic

#CAC154 #54CAC1 #C154CA

tetradic

#CAC154 #54CA86 #545DCA #CA5498

square

#CAC154 #54CA86 #545DCA #CA5498

split-complementary

#CAC154 #5498CA #8654CA

monochromatic

#7D7627 #ACA335 #CAC154 #D8D283 #E7E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC154 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CAC154 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC154

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC154	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC154	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac154;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.131 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd388',
    500: '#cac154',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac154;
$custom-light: #ddd388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac154",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 52.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79707,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC154

secondary

#3D4385

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC154

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

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