#CAC656#CAC656

#CAC656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.134 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC656
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -12.98, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 56.89, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0395 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.134 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2323, 53.6180, 16.7162)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC656 #565ACA

analogous

#CA8C56 #CAC656 #94CA56

triadic

#CAC656 #56CAC6 #C656CA

tetradic

#CAC656 #56CA8C #565ACA #CA5694

square

#CAC656 #56CA8C #565ACA #CA5694

split-complementary

#CAC656 #5694CA #8C56CA

monochromatic

#7E7B28 #ADA936 #CAC656 #D9D685 #E7E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CAC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC656

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC656	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.134 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd78a',
    500: '#cac656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac656;
$custom-light: #ddd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80791,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC656

secondary

#3E4186

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC656

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

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