#CAC757#CAC757

#CAC757 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.134 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC757
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -13.41, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 56.85, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0406 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.134 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5022, 54.0929, 17.0064)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC757 #575ACA

analogous

#CA8E57 #CAC757 #94CA57

triadic

#CAC757 #57CAC7 #C757CA

tetradic

#CAC757 #57CA8E #575ACA #CA5794

square

#CAC757 #57CA8E #575ACA #CA5794

split-complementary

#CAC757 #5794CA #8E57CA

monochromatic

#7F7C28 #ADAA37 #CAC757 #D9D786 #E7E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CAC757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC757

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC757	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)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.134 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd78a',
    500: '#cac757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac757;
$custom-light: #ddd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81015,
    "c": 0.13405,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC757

secondary

#3F4187

accent

#50DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC757

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

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