#CACD42#CACD42

#CACD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.156 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACD42
RGB	rgb(202, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -17.76, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 67.85, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0551 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.156 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1733, 56.6138, 13.5958)
Luminance	0.5661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACD42 #4542CD

analogous

#CD8A42 #CACD42 #84CD42

triadic

#CACD42 #42CACD #CD42CA

tetradic

#CACD42 #42CD8A #4542CD #CD4284

square

#CACD42 #42CD8A #4542CD #CD4284

split-complementary

#CACD42 #4284CD #8A42CD

monochromatic

#74761F #A3A62C #CACD42 #D8DA72 #E5E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CACD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#CACD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACD42

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACD42	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)

#DDC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.156 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7e',
    500: '#cacd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacd42;
$custom-light: #dddc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82115,
    "c": 0.15642,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACD42

secondary

#37357E

accent

#46E14A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACD42

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

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