#CAD042#CAD042

#CAD042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.160 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD042
RGB	rgb(202, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -19.24, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 69.03, 106.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0592 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.16 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8978, 58.0628, 13.8373)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD042 #4842D0

analogous

#D08F42 #CAD042 #83D042

triadic

#CAD042 #42CAD0 #D042CA

tetradic

#CAD042 #42D08F #4842D0 #D04283

square

#CAD042 #42D08F #4842D0 #D04283

split-complementary

#CAD042 #4283D0 #8F42D0

monochromatic

#76791E #A5AA2A #CAD042 #D8DC73 #E5E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CAD042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#CAD042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD042

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD042	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.160 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde7f',
    500: '#cad042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad042;
$custom-light: #ddde7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.535,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82764,
    "c": 0.15952,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD042

secondary

#383581

accent

#44E34B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD042

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

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