#CAC759#CAC759

#CAC759 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.132 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC759
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -13.26, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 55.96, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0399 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.132 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5851, 54.1260, 17.4427)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC759 #595CCA

analogous

#CA8F59 #CAC759 #95CA59

triadic

#CAC759 #59CAC7 #C759CA

tetradic

#CAC759 #59CA8F #595CCA #CA5995

square

#CAC759 #59CA8F #595CCA #CA5995

split-complementary

#CAC759 #5995CA #8F59CA

monochromatic

#807D29 #AEAB38 #CAC759 #D9D787 #E8E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CAC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC759

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC759	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.132 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd78c',
    500: '#cac759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac759;
$custom-light: #ddd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.407,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81037,
    "c": 0.13228,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC759

secondary

#404288

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC759

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

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