#CAC666#CAC666

#CAC666 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.119 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC666
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 102)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 49.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -11.68, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 49.54, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.034 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.119 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9506, 53.9053, 20.4993)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC666 #666ACA

analogous

#CA9466 #CAC666 #9CCA66

triadic

#CAC666 #66CAC6 #C666CA

tetradic

#CAC666 #66CA94 #666ACA #CA669C

square

#CAC666 #66CA94 #666ACA #CA669C

split-complementary

#CAC666 #669CCA #9466CA

monochromatic

#87832F #B4B03E #CAC666 #DAD793 #E9E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CAC666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC666

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC666	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.119 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd794',
    500: '#cac666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac666;
$custom-light: #dcd794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 48.544,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80979,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC666

secondary

#46498E

accent

#55D850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC666

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

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