#CAC53D#CAC53D

#CAC53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.152 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC53D
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -14.01, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 66.67, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.045 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.152 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1674, 52.8275, 12.2315)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC53D #3D42CA

analogous

#CA7F3D #CAC53D #89CA3D

triadic

#CAC53D #3DCAC5 #C53DCA

tetradic

#CAC53D #3DCA7F #3D42CA #CA3D89

square

#CAC53D #3DCA7F #3D42CA #CA3D89

split-complementary

#CAC53D #3D89CA #7F3DCA

monochromatic

#6E6C1E #9F9A2B #CAC53D #D7D36D #E4E29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CAC53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC53D

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC53D	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.152 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded67b',
    500: '#cac53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac53d;
$custom-light: #ded67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.872,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80357,
    "c": 0.15176,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC53D

secondary

#333678

accent

#4DE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC53D

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

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