#CAC54C#CAC54C

#CAC54C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.141 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC54C
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 76)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 62.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -13.16, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 60.79, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0411 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.141 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6294, 53.0123, 14.6649)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC54C #4C51CA

analogous

#CA864C #CAC54C #90CA4C

triadic

#CAC54C #4CCAC5 #C54CCA

tetradic

#CAC54C #4CCA86 #4C51CA #CA4C90

square

#CAC54C #4CCA86 #4C51CA #CA4C90

split-complementary

#CAC54C #4C90CA #864CCA

monochromatic

#787524 #A7A332 #CAC54C #D8D47B #E6E4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CAC54C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CAC54C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC54C

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC54C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC54C	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac54c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.141 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd683',
    500: '#cac54c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac54c;
$custom-light: #ddd683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac54c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80479,
    "c": 0.14111,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC54C

secondary

#3A3D80

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC54C

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

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