#CAD03E#CAD03E

#CAD03E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.162 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD03E
RGB	rgb(202, 208, 62)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 70.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, -19.44, 67.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 70.46, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0602 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.162 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7840, 58.0173, 13.2378)
Luminance	0.5802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD03E #443ED0

analogous

#D08D3E #CAD03E #81D03E

triadic

#CAD03E #3ECAD0 #D03ECA

tetradic

#CAD03E #3ED08D #443ED0 #D03E81

square

#CAD03E #3ED08D #443ED0 #D03E81

split-complementary

#CAD03E #3E81D0 #8D3ED0

monochromatic

#73771D #A3A829 #CAD03E #D8DC6F #E5E8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CAD03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#CAD03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD03E

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD03E	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 208, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.162 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dede7d',
    500: '#cad03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad03e;
$custom-light: #dede7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.466,
    "s": 60.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82736,
    "c": 0.16205,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD03E

secondary

#36337F

accent

#44E44A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD03E

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

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