#CAC856#CAC856

#CAC856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.136 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC856
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -13.99, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 57.71, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0423 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.136 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6925, 54.5383, 16.8696)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC856 #5658CA

analogous

#CA8E56 #CAC856 #92CA56

triadic

#CAC856 #56CAC8 #C856CA

tetradic

#CAC856 #56CA8E #5658CA #CA5692

square

#CAC856 #56CA8E #5658CA #CA5692

split-complementary

#CAC856 #5692CA #8E56CA

monochromatic

#7E7D28 #ADAB36 #CAC856 #D9D785 #E7E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#CAC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC856

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC856	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.136 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd88a',
    500: '#cac856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac856;
$custom-light: #ddd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81219,
    "c": 0.13597,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC856

secondary

#3E3F86

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC856

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

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