#CACD40#CACD40

#CACD40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.158 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACD40
RGB	rgb(202, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -17.86, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 68.58, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0555 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.158 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1154, 56.5906, 13.2907)
Luminance	0.5659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACD40 #4340CD

analogous

#CD8A40 #CACD40 #83CD40

triadic

#CACD40 #40CACD #CD40CA

tetradic

#CACD40 #40CD8A #4340CD #CD4083

square

#CACD40 #40CD8A #4340CD #CD4083

split-complementary

#CACD40 #4083CD #8A40CD

monochromatic

#72741E #A2A52B #CACD40 #D7DA71 #E5E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CACD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#CACD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACD40

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACD40	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.158 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc7d',
    500: '#cacd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacd40;
$custom-light: #dedc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.821,
    "c": 0.15773,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACD40

secondary

#36347D

accent

#46E249

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACD40

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

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