#CAC756#CAC756

#CAC756 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.135 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC756
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -13.48, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 57.30, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0409 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.135 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4616, 54.0766, 16.7927)
Luminance	0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC756 #5659CA

analogous

#CA8D56 #CAC756 #93CA56

triadic

#CAC756 #56CAC7 #C756CA

tetradic

#CAC756 #56CA8D #5659CA #CA5693

square

#CAC756 #56CA8D #5659CA #CA5693

split-complementary

#CAC756 #5693CA #8D56CA

monochromatic

#7E7C28 #ADAA36 #CAC756 #D9D685 #E7E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CAC756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC756

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC756	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.135 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd78a',
    500: '#cac756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac756;
$custom-light: #ddd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81005,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC756

secondary

#3E4086

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC756

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

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