#CAC158#CAC158

#CAC158 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.127 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC158
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 88)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 56.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -10.28, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 53.99, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0316 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.127 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1900, 51.4026, 16.7719)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC158 #5861CA

analogous

#CA8858 #CAC158 #9ACA58

triadic

#CAC158 #58CAC1 #C158CA

tetradic

#CAC158 #58CA88 #5861CA #CA589A

square

#CAC158 #58CA88 #5861CA #CA589A

split-complementary

#CAC158 #589ACA #8858CA

monochromatic

#7F7828 #AEA437 #CAC158 #D9D286 #E7E3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CAC158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#CAC158 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC158

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC158	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.127 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd38b',
    500: '#cac158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac158;
$custom-light: #ddd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 51.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7975,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC158

secondary

#3F4587

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC158

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

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