#CAC53E#CAC53E

#CAC53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.151 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC53E
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -13.96, 64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 66.30, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0448 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.151 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1946, 52.8384, 12.3747)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC53E #3E43CA

analogous

#CA7F3E #CAC53E #89CA3E

triadic

#CAC53E #3ECAC5 #C53ECA

tetradic

#CAC53E #3ECA7F #3E43CA #CA3E89

square

#CAC53E #3ECA7F #3E43CA #CA3E89

split-complementary

#CAC53E #3E89CA #7F3ECA

monochromatic

#6F6C1F #9F9B2C #CAC53E #D7D36E #E4E29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CAC53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC53E

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC53E	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)

#D5BD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.151 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded67c',
    500: '#cac53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac53e;
$custom-light: #ded67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80365,
    "c": 0.15112,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC53E

secondary

#343678

accent

#4DE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC53E

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

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