#CACD53#CACD53

#CACD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.144 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACD53
RGB	rgb(202, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -16.71, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 61.08, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0504 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.144 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7511, 56.8449, 16.6387)
Luminance	0.5684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACD53 #5653CD

analogous

#CD9353 #CACD53 #8DCD53

triadic

#CACD53 #53CACD #CD53CA

tetradic

#CACD53 #53CD93 #5653CD #CD538D

square

#CACD53 #53CD93 #5653CD #CD538D

split-complementary

#CACD53 #538DCD #9353CD

monochromatic

#7E8025 #ADB033 #CACD53 #D9DB82 #E7E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CACD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#CACD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACD53

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACD53	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.144 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc88',
    500: '#cacd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacd53;
$custom-light: #dddc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.475,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82261,
    "c": 0.14381,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACD53

secondary

#3E3C88

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACD53

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

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