#CAC554#CAC554

#CAC554 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.135 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC554
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 84)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 58.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -12.62, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 57.37, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0387 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.135 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9250, 53.1306, 16.2218)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC554 #5459CA

analogous

#CA8A54 #CAC554 #94CA54

triadic

#CAC554 #54CAC5 #C554CA

tetradic

#CAC554 #54CA8A #5459CA #CA5494

square

#CAC554 #54CA8A #5459CA #CA5494

split-complementary

#CAC554 #5494CA #8A54CA

monochromatic

#7D7927 #ACA735 #CAC554 #D8D583 #E7E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CAC554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CAC554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC554

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC554	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.135 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd688',
    500: '#cac554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac554;
$custom-light: #ddd688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 52.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80557,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC554

secondary

#3D4085

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC554

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

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