#CACD49#CACD49

#CACD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.152 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACD49
RGB	rgb(202, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -17.36, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 65.17, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0532 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.152 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3925, 56.7015, 14.7500)
Luminance	0.5670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACD49 #4C49CD

analogous

#CD8E49 #CACD49 #88CD49

triadic

#CACD49 #49CACD #CD49CA

tetradic

#CACD49 #49CD8E #4C49CD #CD4988

square

#CACD49 #49CD8E #4C49CD #CD4988

split-complementary

#CACD49 #4988CD #8E49CD

monochromatic

#787A22 #A7AA2F #CACD49 #D8DA79 #E6E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CACD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#CACD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACD49

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACD49	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.152 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc82',
    500: '#cacd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacd49;
$custom-light: #dddc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8217,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACD49

secondary

#3A3882

accent

#48E04B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACD49

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

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