#CAC86E#CAC86E

#CAC86E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.113 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC86E
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 110)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 45.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -11.95, 45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 46.57, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.034 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.113 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8268, 54.9921, 22.8439)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC86E #6E70CA

analogous

#CA9A6E #CAC86E #9ECA6E

triadic

#CAC86E #6ECAC8 #C86ECA

tetradic

#CAC86E #6ECA9A #6E70CA #CA6E9E

square

#CAC86E #6ECA9A #6E70CA #CA6E9E

split-complementary

#CAC86E #6E9ECA #9A6ECA

monochromatic

#8B8933 #B8B543 #CAC86E #DAD99B #EBEAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CAC86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#CAC86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC86E

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC86E	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C266

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.113 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd899',
    500: '#cac86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac86e;
$custom-light: #dcd899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 46.465,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81512,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC86E

secondary

#4A4C92

accent

#2FBA2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC86E

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

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