#CAC65B#CAC65B

#CAC65B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.129 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC65B
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 55%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -12.60, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 54.65, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0378 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.129 107)
XYZ	xyz(46.4409, 53.7014, 17.8146)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC65B #5B5FCA

analogous

#CA8F5B #CAC65B #96CA5B

triadic

#CAC65B #5BCAC6 #C65BCA

tetradic

#CAC65B #5BCA8F #5B5FCA #CA5B96

square

#CAC65B #5BCA8F #5B5FCA #CA5B96

split-complementary

#CAC65B #5B96CA #8F5BCA

monochromatic

#817E2A #AFAB39 #CAC65B #D9D689 #E8E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CAC65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC65B

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC65B	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)

#D5BF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.129 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd78d',
    500: '#cac65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac65b;
$custom-light: #dcd78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.838,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80846,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC65B

secondary

#414389

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC65B

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

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