#CAC250#CAC250

#CAC250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.135 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC250
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -11.37, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 57.93, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0356 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.135 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0984, 51.7208, 15.1954)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC250 #5058CA

analogous

#CA8550 #CAC250 #95CA50

triadic

#CAC250 #50CAC2 #C250CA

tetradic

#CAC250 #50CA85 #5058CA #CA5095

square

#CAC250 #50CA85 #5058CA #CA5095

split-complementary

#CAC250 #5095CA #8550CA

monochromatic

#7A7525 #A9A233 #CAC250 #D8D27F #E6E3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#CAC250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC250

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC250	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.135 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd486',
    500: '#cac250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac250;
$custom-light: #ddd486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79878,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC250

secondary

#3B4083

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC250

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

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