#CACE42#CACE42

#CACE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.157 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACE42
RGB	rgb(202, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -18.25, 65.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 68.24, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0564 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.157 111)
XYZ	xyz(47.4133, 57.0937, 13.6758)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACE42 #4642CE

analogous

#CE8C42 #CACE42 #84CE42

triadic

#CACE42 #42CACE #CE42CA

tetradic

#CACE42 #42CE8C #4642CE #CE4284

square

#CACE42 #42CE8C #4642CE #CE4284

split-complementary

#CACE42 #4284CE #8C42CE

monochromatic

#74771F #A4A72B #CACE42 #D8DB73 #E5E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CACE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CACE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACE42

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACE42	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cace42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.157 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7f',
    500: '#cace42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cace42;
$custom-light: #dddc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cace42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82331,
    "c": 0.15745,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.57093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACE42

secondary

#37357F

accent

#46E24A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACE42

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

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