#CAD12D#CAD12D

#CAD12D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.172 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD12D
RGB	rgb(202, 209, 45)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 78.5%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -20.66, 73.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 76.17, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.065 0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.172 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6329, 58.3481, 11.2353)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD12D #342DD1

analogous

#D1862D #CAD12D #78D12D

triadic

#CAD12D #2DCAD1 #D12DCA

tetradic

#CAD12D #2DD186 #342DD1 #D12D78

square

#CAD12D #2DD186 #342DD1 #D12D78

split-complementary

#CAD12D #2D78D1 #862DD1

monochromatic

#696C17 #999F22 #CAD12D #D7DC5F #E4E791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CAD12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#CAD12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD12D

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD12D	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: #cad12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 209, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.172 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dede75',
    500: '#cad12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad12d;
$custom-light: #dede75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.561,
    "s": 64.567,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82855,
    "c": 0.1721,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD12D

secondary

#302C76

accent

#40E847

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD12D

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

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