#CAC557#CAC557

#CAC557 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.132 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC557
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -12.40, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 56.04, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0377 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.132 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0451, 53.1786, 16.8540)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC557 #575CCA

analogous

#CA8C57 #CAC557 #96CA57

triadic

#CAC557 #57CAC5 #C557CA

tetradic

#CAC557 #57CA8C #575CCA #CA5796

square

#CAC557 #57CA8C #575CCA #CA5796

split-complementary

#CAC557 #5796CA #8C57CA

monochromatic

#7F7B28 #ADA837 #CAC557 #D9D586 #E7E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CAC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC557

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC557	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.132 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd68a',
    500: '#cac557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac557;
$custom-light: #ddd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80589,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC557

secondary

#3F4287

accent

#53DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC557

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

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