#CACC59#CACC59

#CACC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.138 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC59
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -15.77, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 58.07, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0471 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.138 110)
XYZ	xyz(47.7544, 56.4647, 17.8325)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC59 #5B59CC

analogous

#CC9459 #CACC59 #91CC59

triadic

#CACC59 #59CACC #CC59CA

tetradic

#CACC59 #59CC94 #5B59CC #CC5991

square

#CACC59 #59CC94 #5B59CC #CC5991

split-complementary

#CACC59 #5991CC #9459CC

monochromatic

#818328 #AFB136 #CACC59 #D9DA88 #E8E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CACC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#CACC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC59

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC59	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.138 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb8c',
    500: '#cacc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc59;
$custom-light: #dddb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.043,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82107,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.56464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC59

secondary

#413F8A

accent

#4BDC4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC59

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

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