#CAD12C#CAD12C

#CAD12C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.173 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD12C
RGB	rgb(202, 209, 44)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 78.9%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -20.69, 73.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 76.44, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0651 0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.173 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6139, 58.3405, 11.1351)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD12C #332CD1

analogous

#D1852C #CAD12C #78D12C

triadic

#CAD12C #2CCAD1 #D12CCA

tetradic

#CAD12C #2CD185 #332CD1 #D12C78

square

#CAD12C #2CD185 #332CD1 #D12C78

split-complementary

#CAD12C #2C78D1 #852CD1

monochromatic

#686C17 #999E21 #CAD12C #D8DD5D #E4E890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CAD12C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#CAD12C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD12C

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD12C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD12C	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad12c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 209, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.173 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dede74',
    500: '#cad12c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad12c;
$custom-light: #dede74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad12c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.545,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8285,
    "c": 0.17255,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD12C

secondary

#2F2C75

accent

#40E847

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD12C

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

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