#CAC65A#CAC65A

#CAC65A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.130 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC65A
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 55.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -12.68, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 55.10, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0382 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.13 107)
XYZ	xyz(46.3980, 53.6843, 17.5889)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC65A #5A5ECA

analogous

#CA8E5A #CAC65A #96CA5A

triadic

#CAC65A #5ACAC6 #C65ACA

tetradic

#CAC65A #5ACA8E #5A5ECA #CA5A96

square

#CAC65A #5ACA8E #5A5ECA #CA5A96

split-complementary

#CAC65A #5A96CA #8E5ACA

monochromatic

#807D29 #AFAA38 #CAC65A #D9D688 #E8E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CAC65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC65A

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC65A	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.130 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd78c',
    500: '#cac65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac65a;
$custom-light: #dcd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80835,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.53683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC65A

secondary

#404388

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC65A

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

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