#CAC458#CAC458

#CAC458 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.130 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC458
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 88)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 56.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -11.81, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 55.19, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0359 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.13 106)
XYZ	xyz(45.8599, 52.7424, 16.9952)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC458 #585ECA

analogous

#CA8B58 #CAC458 #97CA58

triadic

#CAC458 #58CAC4 #C458CA

tetradic

#CAC458 #58CA8B #585ECA #CA5897

square

#CAC458 #58CA8B #585ECA #CA5897

split-complementary

#CAC458 #5897CA #8B58CA

monochromatic

#7F7B28 #AEA737 #CAC458 #D9D486 #E7E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#CAC458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC458

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC458	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.130 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd58b',
    500: '#cac458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac458;
$custom-light: #ddd58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 51.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80387,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.52741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC458

secondary

#3F4387

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC458

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

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