#CAC55C#CAC55C

#CAC55C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.127 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC55C
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 54.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -12.01, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 53.78, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0361 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.127 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2565, 53.2631, 17.9673)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC55C #5C61CA

analogous

#CA8E5C #CAC55C #98CA5C

triadic

#CAC55C #5CCAC5 #C55CCA

tetradic

#CAC55C #5CCA8E #5C61CA #CA5C98

square

#CAC55C #5CCA8E #5C61CA #CA5C98

split-complementary

#CAC55C #5C98CA #8E5CCA

monochromatic

#817E2A #B0AA39 #CAC55C #D9D58A #E8E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#CAC55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC55C

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC55C	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.127 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd68d',
    500: '#cac55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac55c;
$custom-light: #dcd68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 50.926,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80645,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC55C

secondary

#414489

accent

#54DA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC55C

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

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