#cac970

Color #cac970

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 8.57 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#cac970

RGB

rgb(202, 201, 112)

HSL

hsl(59.3, 45.9%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(59.3, 44.6%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 44.6%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(79.33, -12.26, 44.39)

LCH

lch(79.33, 46.05, 105.44)

OKLCH

oklch(81.8%, 0.112, 108.05)

HWB

hwb(59.3, 43.9%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7071ca

Analogous

#ca9c70

#cac970

#9eca70

Triadic

#cac970

#70cac9

#c970ca

Split-complementary

#cac970

#709eca

#9c70ca

Tetradic

#cac970

#71ca70

#7071ca

#c970ca

Square

#cac970

#70ca9c

#7071ca

#ca709e

Shades

Color #cac970 mixed toward black.

#bcbb4a

#999839

#73722a

#4c4c1c

#26260e

Tints

Color #cac970 mixed toward white.

#d3d288

#dcdba0

#e5e4b8

#ededcf

#f6f6e7

Tones

Color #cac970 mixed toward gray.

#c3c278

#bbba7f

#b4b387

#acac8e

#a5a496

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#caca8c · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#caca92 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#ca9fa2 · ΔE 34.4

Achromatopsia

#c4c4c4 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cac970;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cac970]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cac970 (#cac970) is rgb(202, 201, 112) in RGB.

No, #cac970 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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