#CAC598#CAC598

#CAC598 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.060 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC598
RGB	rgb(202, 197, 152)
HSL	hsl(54, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 24.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -5.45, 23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 23.89, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0129 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.06 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.9909, 54.7569, 37.6353)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC598 #989DCA

analogous

#CAAC98 #CAC598 #B6CA98

triadic

#CAC598 #98CAC5 #C598CA

tetradic

#CAC598 #98CAAC #989DCA #CA98B6

square

#CAC598 #98CAAC #989DCA #CA98B6

split-complementary

#CAC598 #98B6CA #AC98CA

monochromatic

#99914F #B5AE70 #CAC598 #DFDCC0 #F4F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CAC598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC598

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC598	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 197, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.060 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad6b6',
    500: '#cac598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac598;
$custom-light: #dad6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 32.051,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81619,
    "c": 0.06032,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC598

secondary

#676D9F

accent

#46AB3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC598

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

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