#CAC550#CAC550

#CAC550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.138 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC550
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -12.89, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 59.10, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0399 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.138 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7728, 53.0697, 15.4202)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC550 #5055CA

analogous

#CA8850 #CAC550 #92CA50

triadic

#CAC550 #50CAC5 #C550CA

tetradic

#CAC550 #50CA88 #5055CA #CA5092

square

#CAC550 #50CA88 #5055CA #CA5092

split-complementary

#CAC550 #5092CA #8850CA

monochromatic

#7A7725 #A9A533 #CAC550 #D8D57F #E6E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CAC550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CAC550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC550

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC550	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.138 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd686',
    500: '#cac550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac550;
$custom-light: #ddd686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.541,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80517,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC550

secondary

#3B3E83

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC550

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

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