#CAC653#CAC653

#CAC653 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.136 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC653
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -13.19, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 58.20, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0404 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.136 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1140, 53.5706, 16.0930)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC653 #5357CA

analogous

#CA8A53 #CAC653 #92CA53

triadic

#CAC653 #53CAC6 #C653CA

tetradic

#CAC653 #53CA8A #5357CA #CA5392

square

#CAC653 #53CA8A #5357CA #CA5392

split-complementary

#CAC653 #5392CA #8A53CA

monochromatic

#7C7926 #ABA735 #CAC653 #D8D682 #E7E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CAC653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC653

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC653	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.136 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd788',
    500: '#cac653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac653;
$custom-light: #ddd788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.983,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8076,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC653

secondary

#3D3F84

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC653

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

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