#CAC660#CAC660

#CAC660 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.125 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC660
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 52.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -12.19, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 52.35, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0361 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.125 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6638, 53.7906, 18.9886)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC660 #6064CA

analogous

#CA9160 #CAC660 #99CA60

triadic

#CAC660 #60CAC6 #C660CA

tetradic

#CAC660 #60CA91 #6064CA #CA6099

square

#CAC660 #60CA91 #6064CA #CA6099

split-complementary

#CAC660 #6099CA #9160CA

monochromatic

#84802C #B2AD3B #CAC660 #D9D68E #E9E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CAC660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CAC660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC660

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC660	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.125 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd790',
    500: '#cac660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac660;
$custom-light: #dcd790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80904,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC660

secondary

#43468B

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC660

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

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