#CAC659#CAC659

#CAC659 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.131 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC659
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -12.75, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 55.55, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.0385 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.131 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3557, 53.6673, 17.3662)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC659 #595DCA

analogous

#CA8E59 #CAC659 #96CA59

triadic

#CAC659 #59CAC6 #C659CA

tetradic

#CAC659 #59CA8E #595DCA #CA5996

square

#CAC659 #59CA8E #595DCA #CA5996

split-complementary

#CAC659 #5996CA #8E59CA

monochromatic

#807D29 #AEAA38 #CAC659 #D9D687 #E8E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CAC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC659

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC659	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)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.131 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd78b',
    500: '#cac659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac659;
$custom-light: #ddd78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.876,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80824,
    "c": 0.13124,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC659

secondary

#404288

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC659

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

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