#CAC53A#CAC53A

#CAC53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.154 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC53A
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -14.16, 66.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 67.74, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0457 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.154 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0888, 52.7961, 11.8177)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC53A #3A3FCA

analogous

#CA7D3A #CAC53A #87CA3A

triadic

#CAC53A #3ACAC5 #C53ACA

tetradic

#CAC53A #3ACA7D #3A3FCA #CA3A87

square

#CAC53A #3ACA7D #3A3FCA #CA3A87

split-complementary

#CAC53A #3A87CA #7D3ACA

monochromatic

#6C6A1D #9D992A #CAC53A #D7D36A #E4E19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CAC53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC53A

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC53A	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.154 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded679',
    500: '#cac53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac53a;
$custom-light: #ded679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.917,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80337,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC53A

secondary

#323576

accent

#4CE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC53A

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

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