#CAC558#CAC558

#CAC558 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.131 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC558
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 88)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 56.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -12.32, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 55.59, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0374 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.131 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0862, 53.1950, 17.0706)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC558 #585DCA

analogous

#CA8C58 #CAC558 #96CA58

triadic

#CAC558 #58CAC5 #C558CA

tetradic

#CAC558 #58CA8C #585DCA #CA5896

square

#CAC558 #58CA8C #585DCA #CA5896

split-complementary

#CAC558 #5896CA #8C58CA

monochromatic

#7F7B28 #AEA837 #CAC558 #D9D586 #E7E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CAC558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC558

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC558	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)

#D4BE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.131 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd68b',
    500: '#cac558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac558;
$custom-light: #ddd68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 51.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.806,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC558

secondary

#3F4287

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC558

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

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