#CACD3B#CACD3B

#CACD3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.161 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACD3B
RGB	rgb(202, 205, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -18.11, 67.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 70.35, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0567 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.161 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9795, 56.5362, 12.5747)
Luminance	0.5654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACD3B #3E3BCD

analogous

#CD873B #CACD3B #81CD3B

triadic

#CACD3B #3BCACD #CD3BCA

tetradic

#CACD3B #3BCD87 #3E3BCD #CD3B81

square

#CACD3B #3BCD87 #3E3BCD #CD3B81

split-complementary

#CACD3B #3B81CD #873BCD

monochromatic

#6F711D #9FA229 #CACD3B #D7D96C #E4E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CACD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#CACD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACD3B

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACD3B	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 205, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.161 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc7b',
    500: '#cacd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacd3b;
$custom-light: #dedc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.233,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82066,
    "c": 0.16082,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACD3B

secondary

#34327A

accent

#45E349

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACD3B

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

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