#CACB59#CACB59

#CACB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.137 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACB59
RGB	rgb(202, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -15.27, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 57.64, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0457 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.137 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5175, 55.9909, 17.7535)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACB59 #5A59CB

analogous

#CB9359 #CACB59 #91CB59

triadic

#CACB59 #59CACB #CB59CA

tetradic

#CACB59 #59CB93 #5A59CB #CB5991

square

#CACB59 #59CB93 #5A59CB #CB5991

split-complementary

#CACB59 #5991CB #9359CB

monochromatic

#808128 #AFB037 #CACB59 #D9DA88 #E8E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CACB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#CACB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACB59

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACB59	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.137 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda8c',
    500: '#cacb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacb59;
$custom-light: #ddda8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.526,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81893,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACB59

secondary

#403F89

accent

#4CDC4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACB59

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

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