#CAC650#CAC650

#CAC650 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.139 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC650
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -13.40, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 59.50, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0413 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.139 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0007, 53.5253, 15.4961)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC650 #5054CA

analogous

#CA8950 #CAC650 #91CA50

triadic

#CAC650 #50CAC6 #C650CA

tetradic

#CAC650 #50CA89 #5054CA #CA5091

square

#CAC650 #50CA89 #5054CA #CA5091

split-complementary

#CAC650 #5091CA #8950CA

monochromatic

#7A7825 #A9A633 #CAC650 #D8D57F #E6E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CAC650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC650

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC650	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.139 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd786',
    500: '#cac650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac650;
$custom-light: #ddd786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80731,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC650

secondary

#3B3E83

accent

#50DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC650

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

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