#CACE55#CACE55

#CACE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.143 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACE55
RGB	rgb(202, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -17.07, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 60.65, 106.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0512 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.143 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0694, 57.3562, 17.1312)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACE55 #5955CE

analogous

#CE9555 #CACE55 #8ECE55

triadic

#CACE55 #55CACE #CE55CA

tetradic

#CACE55 #55CE95 #5955CE #CE558E

square

#CACE55 #55CE95 #5955CE #CE558E

split-complementary

#CACE55 #558ECE #9555CE

monochromatic

#808326 #AEB233 #CACE55 #D9DC85 #E8E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CACE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#CACE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACE55

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACE55	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cace55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.143 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc8a',
    500: '#cace55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cace55;
$custom-light: #dddc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cace55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.983,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82496,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACE55

secondary

#403D8A

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACE55

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

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