#CACD50#CACD50

#CACD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.146 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACD50
RGB	rgb(202, 205, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -16.91, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 62.34, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0513 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.146 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6378, 56.7996, 16.0418)
Luminance	0.5680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACD50 #5350CD

analogous

#CD9150 #CACD50 #8BCD50

triadic

#CACD50 #50CACD #CD50CA

tetradic

#CACD50 #50CD91 #5350CD #CD508B

square

#CACD50 #50CD91 #5350CD #CD508B

split-complementary

#CACD50 #508BCD #9150CD

monochromatic

#7C7E24 #ABAE32 #CACD50 #D8DB80 #E7E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CACD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#CACD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACD50

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACD50	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 205, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.146 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc86',
    500: '#cacd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacd50;
$custom-light: #dddc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.44,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82232,
    "c": 0.14623,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACD50

secondary

#3D3B86

accent

#49DF4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACD50

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

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