#CACE57#CACE57

#CACE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.142 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACE57
RGB	rgb(202, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -16.92, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 59.79, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0505 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.142 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1500, 57.3884, 17.5556)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACE57 #5B57CE

analogous

#CE9757 #CACE57 #8ECE57

triadic

#CACE57 #57CACE #CE57CA

tetradic

#CACE57 #57CE97 #5B57CE #CE578E

square

#CACE57 #57CE97 #5B57CE #CE578E

split-complementary

#CACE57 #578ECE #9757CE

monochromatic

#818427 #AFB334 #CACE57 #D9DC86 #E8EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CACE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#CACE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACE57

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACE57	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cace57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.142 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc8b',
    500: '#cace57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cace57;
$custom-light: #dddc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cace57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.017,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82516,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACE57

secondary

#413E8B

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACE57

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

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