#CAC66A#CAC66A

#CAC66A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.115 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC66A
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 106)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 47.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -11.31, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 47.63, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0326 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.115 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1538, 53.9866, 21.5694)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC66A #6A6ECA

analogous

#CA966A #CAC66A #9ECA6A

triadic

#CAC66A #6ACAC6 #C66ACA

tetradic

#CAC66A #6ACA96 #6A6ECA #CA6A9E

square

#CAC66A #6ACA96 #6A6ECA #CA6A9E

split-complementary

#CAC66A #6A9ECA #966ACA

monochromatic

#898531 #B6B141 #CAC66A #DAD797 #EAE9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC66A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CAC66A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC66A

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC66A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC66A	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac66a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.115 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd797',
    500: '#cac66a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac66a;
$custom-light: #dcd797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac66a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 47.525,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81032,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC66A

secondary

#484B90

accent

#31BB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC66A

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

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