#CAC53C#CAC53C

#CAC53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.152 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC53C
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 60)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -14.06, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 67.03, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0453 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.152 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1407, 52.8168, 12.0909)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC53C #3C41CA

analogous

#CA7E3C #CAC53C #88CA3C

triadic

#CAC53C #3CCAC5 #C53CCA

tetradic

#CAC53C #3CCA7E #3C41CA #CA3C88

square

#CAC53C #3CCA7E #3C41CA #CA3C88

split-complementary

#CAC53C #3C88CA #7E3CCA

monochromatic

#6E6B1E #9E9A2B #CAC53C #D7D36C #E4E29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CAC53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC53C

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC53C	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)

#D5BD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.152 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded67b',
    500: '#cac53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac53c;
$custom-light: #ded67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.887,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8035,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC53C

secondary

#333577

accent

#4DE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC53C

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

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