#CAC166#CAC166

#CAC166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.114 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC166
RGB	rgb(202, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 49.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -9.12, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 47.43, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0267 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.114 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8266, 51.6572, 20.1247)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC166 #666FCA

analogous

#CA8F66 #CAC166 #A1CA66

triadic

#CAC166 #66CAC1 #C166CA

tetradic

#CAC166 #66CA8F #666FCA #CA66A1

square

#CAC166 #66CA8F #666FCA #CA66A1

split-complementary

#CAC166 #66A1CA #8F66CA

monochromatic

#877F2F #B4AA3E #CAC166 #DAD393 #E9E6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CAC166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CAC166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC166

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC166	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.114 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd394',
    500: '#cac166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac166;
$custom-light: #dcd394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.6,
    "s": 48.544,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79922,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC166

secondary

#464D8E

accent

#5CD850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC166

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

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