#CAC55E#CAC55E

#CAC55E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.126 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC55E
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 53.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -11.85, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 52.86, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0354 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.126 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3451, 53.2986, 18.4339)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC55E #5E63CA

analogous

#CA8F5E #CAC55E #99CA5E

triadic

#CAC55E #5ECAC5 #C55ECA

tetradic

#CAC55E #5ECA8F #5E63CA #CA5E99

square

#CAC55E #5ECA8F #5E63CA #CA5E99

split-complementary

#CAC55E #5E99CA #8F5ECA

monochromatic

#837F2B #B1AB3A #CAC55E #D9D68C #E8E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CAC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC55E

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC55E	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)

#D3BE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.126 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd68f',
    500: '#cac55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac55e;
$custom-light: #dcd68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.222,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80668,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC55E

secondary

#42458A

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC55E

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

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