#CAC55D#CAC55D

#CAC55D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.127 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC55D
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 54%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -11.93, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 53.32, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0357 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.127 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3005, 53.2807, 18.1991)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC55D #5D62CA

analogous

#CA8F5D #CAC55D #98CA5D

triadic

#CAC55D #5DCAC5 #C55DCA

tetradic

#CAC55D #5DCA8F #5D62CA #CA5D98

square

#CAC55D #5DCA8F #5D62CA #CA5D98

split-complementary

#CAC55D #5D98CA #8F5DCA

monochromatic

#827E2B #B0AB3A #CAC55D #D9D68B #E8E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CAC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC55D

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC55D	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.127 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd68e',
    500: '#cac55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac55d;
$custom-light: #dcd68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.248,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80656,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC55D

secondary

#42458A

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC55D

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

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