#CAD047#CAD047

#CAD047 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.156 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD047
RGB	rgb(202, 208, 71)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 65.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -18.96, 64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 67.16, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0579 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.156 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0518, 58.1244, 14.6479)
Luminance	0.5812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD047 #4D47D0

analogous

#D09247 #CAD047 #85D047

triadic

#CAD047 #47CAD0 #D047CA

tetradic

#CAD047 #47D092 #4D47D0 #D04785

square

#CAD047 #47D092 #4D47D0 #D04785

split-complementary

#CAD047 #4785D0 #9247D0

monochromatic

#797D20 #A8AD2C #CAD047 #D8DC78 #E6E9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CAD047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#CAD047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD047

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD047	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)

#DFC733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 208, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.156 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde81',
    500: '#cad047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad047;
$custom-light: #ddde81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.628,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82802,
    "c": 0.15613,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD047

secondary

#3A3784

accent

#45E24C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD047

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

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