#CACE59#CACE59

#CACE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.140 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACE59
RGB	rgb(202, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -16.77, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 58.92, 106.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0499 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.14 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2328, 57.4215, 17.9919)
Luminance	0.5742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACE59 #5D59CE

analogous

#CE9759 #CACE59 #90CE59

triadic

#CACE59 #59CACE #CE59CA

tetradic

#CACE59 #59CE97 #5D59CE #CE5990

square

#CACE59 #59CE97 #5D59CE #CE5990

split-complementary

#CACE59 #5990CE #9759CE

monochromatic

#828527 #B0B535 #CACE59 #D9DC88 #E8EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CACE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#CACE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACE59

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACE59	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)

#DCC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cace59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.140 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc8c',
    500: '#cace59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cace59;
$custom-light: #dddc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cace59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.051,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82537,
    "c": 0.13985,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACE59

secondary

#423F8C

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACE59

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

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