#CAD044#CAD044

#CAD044 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.158 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD044
RGB	rgb(202, 208, 68)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 67.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -19.13, 65.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 68.30, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0587 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.158 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9578, 58.0868, 14.1533)
Luminance	0.5809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD044 #4A44D0

analogous

#D09044 #CAD044 #84D044

triadic

#CAD044 #44CAD0 #D044CA

tetradic

#CAD044 #44D090 #4A44D0 #D04484

square

#CAD044 #44D090 #4A44D0 #D04484

split-complementary

#CAD044 #4484D0 #9044D0

monochromatic

#777B1F #A6AC2B #CAD044 #D8DC75 #E6E9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CAD044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#CAD044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD044

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD044	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 208, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.158 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde80',
    500: '#cad044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad044;
$custom-light: #ddde80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.571,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82779,
    "c": 0.15819,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD044

secondary

#393683

accent

#45E34C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD044

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

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