#CAC866#CAC866

#CAC866 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.121 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC866
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 49.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -12.69, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 50.40, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0369 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.121 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4108, 54.8256, 20.6527)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC866 #6668CA

analogous

#CA9666 #CAC866 #9ACA66

triadic

#CAC866 #66CAC8 #C866CA

tetradic

#CAC866 #66CA96 #6668CA #CA669A

square

#CAC866 #66CA96 #6668CA #CA669A

split-complementary

#CAC866 #669ACA #9666CA

monochromatic

#87852F #B4B23E #CAC866 #DAD893 #E9E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CAC866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#CAC866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC866

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC866	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C56B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.121 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd894',
    500: '#cac866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac866;
$custom-light: #dcd894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 48.544,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81405,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC866

secondary

#46478E

accent

#52D850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC866

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

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