#CAC466#CAC466

#CAC466 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.117 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC466
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 49.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -10.66, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 48.69, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0311 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.117 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4965, 52.9971, 20.3480)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC466 #666CCA

analogous

#CA9266 #CAC466 #9ECA66

triadic

#CAC466 #66CAC4 #C466CA

tetradic

#CAC466 #66CA92 #666CCA #CA669E

square

#CAC466 #66CA92 #666CCA #CA669E

split-complementary

#CAC466 #669ECA #9266CA

monochromatic

#87822F #B4AD3E #CAC466 #DAD693 #E9E7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CAC466 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CAC466 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC466

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC466	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC466	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac466;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.117 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd594',
    500: '#cac466',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac466;
$custom-light: #dcd594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac466",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 48.544,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80555,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC466

secondary

#464A8E

accent

#58D850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC466

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

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