#CAC953#CAC953

#CAC953 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.140 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CAC953
RGBrgb(202, 201, 83)
HSLhsl(59, 53%, 56%)
HSVhsv(59, 59%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(79.02, -14.71, 57.57)
CIE-LCHlch(79.02, 59.42, 104.33°)
OKLaboklab(81.4% -0.0447 0.1322)
OKLCHoklch(81.4% 0.14 108.7)
XYZxyz(46.8065, 54.9557, 16.3238)
Luminance0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CAC953 #5354CA
analogous
#CA8D53 #CAC953 #8FCA53
triadic
#CAC953 #53CAC9 #C953CA
tetradic
#CAC953 #53CA8D #5354CA #CA538F
square
#CAC953 #53CA8D #5354CA #CA538F
split-complementary
#CAC953 #538FCA #8D53CA
monochromatic
#7C7C26 #ABAA35 #CAC953 #D8D882 #E7E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75
#CAC953 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99
#CAC953 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC953
11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CAC953#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CAC9531.001.7511.9911.99
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9921.001.001.00
##00000011.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C146
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC65A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7BDB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cac953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.140 108.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd988',
    500: '#cac953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cac953;
$custom-light: #ddd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cac953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.496,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81402,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CAC953
secondary
#3D3D84
accent
#4DDC4C
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFBF4
border
#D5D4CE
text
#15140C
muted
#84837F

Preview Lab

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#CAC953 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva