#CAC366#CAC366

#CAC366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.116 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC366
RGB	rgb(202, 195, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 49.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -10.14, 47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 48.27, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0297 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.116 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2717, 52.5474, 20.2730)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC366 #666DCA

analogous

#CA9166 #CAC366 #9FCA66

triadic

#CAC366 #66CAC3 #C366CA

tetradic

#CAC366 #66CA91 #666DCA #CA669F

square

#CAC366 #66CA91 #666DCA #CA669F

split-complementary

#CAC366 #669FCA #9166CA

monochromatic

#87812F #B4AC3E #CAC366 #DAD593 #E9E7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CAC366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CAC366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC366

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC366	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 195, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.116 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd594',
    500: '#cac366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac366;
$custom-light: #dcd594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.8,
    "s": 48.544,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80344,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC366

secondary

#464B8E

accent

#59D850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC366

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

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