#CAD136#CAD136

#CAD136 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.168 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD136
RGB	rgb(202, 209, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 74.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -20.31, 70.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 73.51, 106.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0633 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.168 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8250, 58.4250, 12.2472)
Luminance	0.5842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD136 #3D36D1

analogous

#D18B36 #CAD136 #7DD136

triadic

#CAD136 #36CAD1 #D136CA

tetradic

#CAD136 #36D18B #3D36D1 #D1367D

square

#CAD136 #36D18B #3D36D1 #D1367D

split-complementary

#CAD136 #367DD1 #8B36D1

monochromatic

#6E721A #9EA426 #CAD136 #D7DC68 #E4E89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CAD136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#CAD136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD136

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD136	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 209, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.168 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dede79',
    500: '#cad136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad136;
$custom-light: #dede79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.71,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82902,
    "c": 0.16768,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD136

secondary

#33307B

accent

#42E649

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD136

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

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