#CAC596#CAC596

#CAC596 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.063 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC596
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(54, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 25.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -5.73, 24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 24.94, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0137 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.063 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8285, 54.6919, 36.7799)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC596 #969BCA

analogous

#CAAB96 #CAC596 #B5CA96

triadic

#CAC596 #96CAC5 #C596CA

tetradic

#CAC596 #96CAAB #969BCA #CA96B5

square

#CAC596 #96CAAB #969BCA #CA96B5

split-complementary

#CAC596 #96B5CA #AB96CA

monochromatic

#99914D #B5AF6D #CAC596 #DFDBBF #F3F2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#CAC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC596

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC596	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.063 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad6b5',
    500: '#cac596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac596;
$custom-light: #dad6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 32.911,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81577,
    "c": 0.06285,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC596

secondary

#656B9F

accent

#45AC3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC596

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →