#CAC353#CAC353

#CAC353 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.133 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC353
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -11.67, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 57.01, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0361 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.133 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4350, 52.2128, 15.8667)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC353 #535ACA

analogous

#CA8753 #CAC353 #95CA53

triadic

#CAC353 #53CAC3 #C353CA

tetradic

#CAC353 #53CA87 #535ACA #CA5395

square

#CAC353 #53CA87 #535ACA #CA5395

split-complementary

#CAC353 #5395CA #8753CA

monochromatic

#7C7726 #ABA435 #CAC353 #D8D382 #E7E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CAC353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CAC353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC353

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC353	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.133 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd488',
    500: '#cac353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac353;
$custom-light: #ddd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80121,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC353

secondary

#3D4184

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC353

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

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