#CACD35#CACD35

#CACD35 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.164 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACD35
RGB	rgb(202, 205, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -18.38, 69.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 72.33, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.058 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.164 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8327, 56.4775, 11.8017)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACD35 #3835CD

analogous

#CD8435 #CACD35 #7ECD35

triadic

#CACD35 #35CACD #CD35CA

tetradic

#CACD35 #35CD84 #3835CD #CD357E

square

#CACD35 #35CD84 #3835CD #CD357E

split-complementary

#CACD35 #357ECD #8435CD

monochromatic

#6B6D1B #9B9E27 #CACD35 #D7D966 #E4E597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CACD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#CACD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACD35

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACD35	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 205, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.164 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc78',
    500: '#cacd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacd35;
$custom-light: #dedc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.184,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82029,
    "c": 0.16421,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACD35

secondary

#313076

accent

#44E347

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACD35

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

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