#CAC855#CAC855

#CAC855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.137 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC855
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -14.06, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 58.14, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0426 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.137 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6525, 54.5223, 16.6589)
Luminance	0.5452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC855 #5557CA

analogous

#CA8E55 #CAC855 #92CA55

triadic

#CAC855 #55CAC8 #C855CA

tetradic

#CAC855 #55CA8E #5557CA #CA5592

square

#CAC855 #55CA8E #5557CA #CA5592

split-complementary

#CAC855 #5592CA #8E55CA

monochromatic

#7D7C27 #ACAA36 #CAC855 #D9D784 #E7E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CAC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC855

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC855	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.137 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd889',
    500: '#cac855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac855;
$custom-light: #ddd889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81208,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC855

secondary

#3E3F85

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC855

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

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