#CAD045#CAD045

#CAD045 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	#CAD045
RGB	rgb(202, 208, 69)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 66.8%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -19.07, 65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 67.92, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0585 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.158 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9886, 58.0991, 14.3154)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD045 #4B45D0

analogous

#D09145 #CAD045 #85D045

triadic

#CAD045 #45CAD0 #D045CA

tetradic

#CAD045 #45D091 #4B45D0 #D04585

square

#CAD045 #45D091 #4B45D0 #D04585

split-complementary

#CAD045 #4585D0 #9145D0

monochromatic

#777B1F #A7AC2C #CAD045 #D8DC76 #E6E9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CAD045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#CAD045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD045

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD045	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)

#E0C730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 208, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.158 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde80',
    500: '#cad045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad045;
$custom-light: #ddde80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.59,
    "s": 59.657,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82787,
    "c": 0.15751,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD045

secondary

#393683

accent

#45E34C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD045

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

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