#CAD033#CAD033

#CAD033 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.168 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD033
RGB	rgb(202, 208, 51)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 75.5%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -19.94, 71.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 74.07, 105.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% -0.0625 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.168 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5122, 57.9085, 11.8060)
Luminance	0.5791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD033 #3933D0

analogous

#D08733 #CAD033 #7BD033

triadic

#CAD033 #33CAD0 #D033CA

tetradic

#CAD033 #33D087 #3933D0 #D0337B

square

#CAD033 #33D087 #3933D0 #D0337B

split-complementary

#CAD033 #337BD0 #8733D0

monochromatic

#6C6F1A #9CA125 #CAD033 #D7DB65 #E4E796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CAD033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#CAD033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD033

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD033	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C607

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 208, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.168 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dede77',
    500: '#cad033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad033;
$custom-light: #dede77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.293,
    "s": 62.55,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82668,
    "c": 0.16824,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD033

secondary

#322F78

accent

#42E648

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD033

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

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