#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 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(202, 201, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 53%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 59%, 79%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.9%, 20.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.02, -14.71, 57.57) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.02, 59.42, 104.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.4% -0.0447 0.1322) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.4% 0.14 108.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8065, 54.9557, 16.3238) |
| Luminance | 0.5495 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 5.31
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 5.32
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 5.49
Greenish Beige
#C9D179
ΔE00 5.56
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 5.69
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 5.75
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##CAC953 | 1.00 | 1.75 | 11.99 | 11.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.75 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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