#CAC254#CAC254

#CAC254 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.132 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC254
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 84)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 58.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -11.09, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 56.18, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0343 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.132 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2506, 51.7817, 15.9970)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC254 #545CCA

analogous

#CA8754 #CAC254 #97CA54

triadic

#CAC254 #54CAC2 #C254CA

tetradic

#CAC254 #54CA87 #545CCA #CA5497

square

#CAC254 #54CA87 #545CCA #CA5497

split-complementary

#CAC254 #5497CA #8754CA

monochromatic

#7D7727 #ACA435 #CAC254 #D8D383 #E7E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CAC254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC254

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC254	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.132 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd488',
    500: '#cac254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac254;
$custom-light: #ddd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 52.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79919,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC254

secondary

#3D4285

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC254

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

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