#CACD2C#CACD2C

#CACD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.169 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACD2C
RGB	rgb(202, 205, 44)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -18.72, 72.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 75.01, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0597 0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.169 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6448, 56.4024, 10.8120)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACD2C #2F2CCD

analogous

#CD802C #CACD2C #7ACD2C

triadic

#CACD2C #2CCACD #CD2CCA

tetradic

#CACD2C #2CCD80 #2F2CCD #CD2C7A

square

#CACD2C #2CCD80 #2F2CCD #CD2C7A

split-complementary

#CACD2C #2C7ACD #802CCD

monochromatic

#676816 #989B21 #CACD2C #D9DC5B #E5E78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CACD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#CACD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACD2C

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACD2C	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacd2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 205, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.169 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc74',
    500: '#cacd2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacd2c;
$custom-light: #dedc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacd2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.118,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81981,
    "c": 0.16865,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACD2C

secondary

#2C2B72

accent

#40E843

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACD2C

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

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