#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
RGBrgb(202, 208, 62)
HSLhsl(62, 61%, 53%)
HSVhsv(62, 70%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(2.9%, 0%, 70.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(80.75, -19.44, 67.73)
CIE-LCHlch(80.75, 70.46, 106.02°)
OKLaboklab(82.74% -0.0602 0.1505)
OKLCHoklch(82.74% 0.162 111.8)
XYZxyz(47.7840, 58.0173, 13.2378)
Luminance0.5802 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##CAD03E1.001.6712.6012.60
#FFFFFF1.671.0021.0021.00
#00000012.6021.001.001.00
##00000012.6021.001.001.00

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

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#CAD03E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva