#CAC358#CAC358

#CAC358 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.129 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC358
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 88)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 56.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -11.30, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 54.78, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0345 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.129 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6351, 52.2928, 16.9203)
Luminance	0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC358 #585FCA

analogous

#CA8A58 #CAC358 #98CA58

triadic

#CAC358 #58CAC3 #C358CA

tetradic

#CAC358 #58CA8A #585FCA #CA5898

square

#CAC358 #58CA8A #585FCA #CA5898

split-complementary

#CAC358 #5898CA #8A58CA

monochromatic

#7F7A28 #AEA637 #CAC358 #D9D486 #E7E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CAC358 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#CAC358 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC358

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC358	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC358	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac358;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.129 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd48b',
    500: '#cac358',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac358;
$custom-light: #ddd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac358",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 51.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80175,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC358

secondary

#3F4487

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC358

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

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