#CAC552#CAC552

#CAC552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.136 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC552
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -12.76, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 58.24, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0393 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.136 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8478, 53.0997, 15.8152)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC552 #5257CA

analogous

#CA8952 #CAC552 #93CA52

triadic

#CAC552 #52CAC5 #C552CA

tetradic

#CAC552 #52CA89 #5257CA #CA5293

square

#CAC552 #52CA89 #5257CA #CA5293

split-complementary

#CAC552 #5293CA #8952CA

monochromatic

#7C7826 #ABA634 #CAC552 #D8D581 #E7E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CAC552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CAC552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC552

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC552	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.136 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd687',
    500: '#cac552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac552;
$custom-light: #ddd687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80537,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC552

secondary

#3C3F84

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC552

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

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