#CAC256#CAC256

#CAC256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.130 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC256
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -10.94, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 55.28, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0337 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.13 105)
XYZ	xyz(45.3301, 51.8135, 16.4155)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC256 #565ECA

analogous

#CA8856 #CAC256 #98CA56

triadic

#CAC256 #56CAC2 #C256CA

tetradic

#CAC256 #56CA88 #565ECA #CA5698

square

#CAC256 #56CA88 #565ECA #CA5698

split-complementary

#CAC256 #5698CA #8856CA

monochromatic

#7E7828 #ADA436 #CAC256 #D9D385 #E7E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CAC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC256

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC256	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)

#D1BC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.130 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd489',
    500: '#cac256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac256;
$custom-light: #ddd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7994,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.51812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC256

secondary

#3E4386

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC256

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

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