#CACE51#CACE51

#CACE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.147 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACE51
RGB	rgb(202, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -17.34, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 62.34, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0524 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.147 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9150, 57.2944, 16.3179)
Luminance	0.5729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACE51 #5551CE

analogous

#CE9451 #CACE51 #8CCE51

triadic

#CACE51 #51CACE #CE51CA

tetradic

#CACE51 #51CE94 #5551CE #CE518C

square

#CACE51 #51CE94 #5551CE #CE518C

split-complementary

#CACE51 #518CCE #9451CE

monochromatic

#7D8024 #ACB032 #CACE51 #D9DB81 #E7E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CACE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#CACE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACE51

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACE51	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cace51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.147 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc87',
    500: '#cace51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cace51;
$custom-light: #dddc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cace51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.92,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82457,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACE51

secondary

#3E3B88

accent

#48DF4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACE51

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

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