#CAC658#CAC658

#CAC658 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.132 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC658
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 88)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 56.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -12.83, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 56.00, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0388 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.132 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3140, 53.6507, 17.1466)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC658 #585CCA

analogous

#CA8D58 #CAC658 #95CA58

triadic

#CAC658 #58CAC6 #C658CA

tetradic

#CAC658 #58CA8D #585CCA #CA5895

square

#CAC658 #58CA8D #585CCA #CA5895

split-complementary

#CAC658 #5895CA #8D58CA

monochromatic

#7F7C28 #AEAA37 #CAC658 #D9D686 #E7E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CAC658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC658

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC658	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)

#D5BF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.132 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd78b',
    500: '#cac658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac658;
$custom-light: #ddd78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 51.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80813,
    "c": 0.13213,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC658

secondary

#3F4287

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC658

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

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