#CACD38#CACD38

#CACD38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.163 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACD38
RGB	rgb(202, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -18.25, 68.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 71.36, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0574 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.163 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9039, 56.5060, 12.1766)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACD38 #3B38CD

analogous

#CD8538 #CACD38 #7FCD38

triadic

#CACD38 #38CACD #CD38CA

tetradic

#CACD38 #38CD85 #3B38CD #CD387F

square

#CACD38 #38CD85 #3B38CD #CD387F

split-complementary

#CACD38 #387FCD #8538CD

monochromatic

#6D6F1C #9DA028 #CACD38 #D7D969 #E4E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CACD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#CACD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACD38

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACD38	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)

#DDC419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.163 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc79',
    500: '#cacd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacd38;
$custom-light: #dedc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.208,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82047,
    "c": 0.16256,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACD38

secondary

#333178

accent

#45E348

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACD38

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

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