#CAC258#CAC258

#CAC258 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.128 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC258
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 56.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -10.79, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 54.38, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.033 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.128 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4118, 51.8462, 16.8458)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC258 #5860CA

analogous

#CA8958 #CAC258 #99CA58

triadic

#CAC258 #58CAC2 #C258CA

tetradic

#CAC258 #58CA89 #5860CA #CA5899

square

#CAC258 #58CA89 #5860CA #CA5899

split-complementary

#CAC258 #5899CA #8958CA

monochromatic

#7F7928 #AEA537 #CAC258 #D9D386 #E7E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#CAC258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC258

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC258	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.128 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd48b',
    500: '#cac258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac258;
$custom-light: #ddd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 51.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79962,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC258

secondary

#3F4487

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC258

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

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