#CAC65E#CAC65E

#CAC65E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.127 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC65E
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 53.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -12.36, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 53.28, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0368 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.127 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5729, 53.7542, 18.5098)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC65E #5E62CA

analogous

#CA905E #CAC65E #98CA5E

triadic

#CAC65E #5ECAC6 #C65ECA

tetradic

#CAC65E #5ECA90 #5E62CA #CA5E98

square

#CAC65E #5ECA90 #5E62CA #CA5E98

split-complementary

#CAC65E #5E98CA #905ECA

monochromatic

#837F2B #B1AC3A #CAC65E #D9D68C #E8E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CAC65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC65E

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC65E	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.127 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd78f',
    500: '#cac65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac65e;
$custom-light: #dcd78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80881,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC65E

secondary

#42458A

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC65E

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

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