#CAD035#CAD035

#CAD035 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.167 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD035
RGB	rgb(202, 208, 53)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 74.5%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -19.86, 70.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 73.45, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0621 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.167 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5572, 57.9266, 12.0432)
Luminance	0.5793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD035 #3B35D0

analogous

#D08835 #CAD035 #7CD035

triadic

#CAD035 #35CAD0 #D035CA

tetradic

#CAD035 #35D088 #3B35D0 #D0357C

square

#CAD035 #35D088 #3B35D0 #D0357C

split-complementary

#CAD035 #357CD0 #8835D0

monochromatic

#6D701A #9DA226 #CAD035 #D7DC67 #E4E798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CAD035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#CAD035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD035

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD035	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C60F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 208, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.167 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dede78',
    500: '#cad035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad035;
$custom-light: #dede78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.323,
    "s": 62.249,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82679,
    "c": 0.16721,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD035

secondary

#333079

accent

#42E549

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD035

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

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