#CAC657#CAC657

#CAC657 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.133 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC657
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -12.90, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 56.44, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0391 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.133 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2729, 53.6342, 16.9299)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC657 #575BCA

analogous

#CA8D57 #CAC657 #95CA57

triadic

#CAC657 #57CAC6 #C657CA

tetradic

#CAC657 #57CA8D #575BCA #CA5795

square

#CAC657 #57CA8D #575BCA #CA5795

split-complementary

#CAC657 #5795CA #8D57CA

monochromatic

#7F7C28 #ADA937 #CAC657 #D9D686 #E7E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CAC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC657

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC657	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.133 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd78a',
    500: '#cac657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac657;
$custom-light: #ddd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.913,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80802,
    "c": 0.13301,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC657

secondary

#3F4187

accent

#51DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC657

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

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