#CAC565#CAC565

#CAC565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.119 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC565
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 50%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -11.26, 48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 49.59, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0329 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.119 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6735, 53.4300, 20.1638)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC565 #656ACA

analogous

#CA9365 #CAC565 #9DCA65

triadic

#CAC565 #65CAC5 #C565CA

tetradic

#CAC565 #65CA93 #656ACA #CA659D

square

#CAC565 #65CA93 #656ACA #CA659D

split-complementary

#CAC565 #659DCA #9365CA

monochromatic

#86822E #B4AE3E #CAC565 #DAD693 #E9E7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CAC565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CAC565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC565

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC565	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.119 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd693',
    500: '#cac565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac565;
$custom-light: #dcd693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.03,
    "s": 48.792,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80754,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC565

secondary

#46498E

accent

#56D84F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC565

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

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