#CACD41#CACD41

#CACD41 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.157 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACD41
RGB	rgb(202, 205, 65)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -17.81, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 68.22, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0553 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.157 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1441, 56.6021, 13.4419)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACD41 #4441CD

analogous

#CD8A41 #CACD41 #84CD41

triadic

#CACD41 #41CACD #CD41CA

tetradic

#CACD41 #41CD8A #4441CD #CD4184

square

#CACD41 #41CD8A #4441CD #CD4184

split-complementary

#CACD41 #4184CD #8A41CD

monochromatic

#73751F #A3A52C #CACD41 #D8DA71 #E5E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CACD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#CACD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACD41

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACD41	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)

#DDC42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 205, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.157 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc7e',
    500: '#cacd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacd41;
$custom-light: #dedc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82108,
    "c": 0.15708,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACD41

secondary

#36357D

accent

#46E24A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACD41

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

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