#CAD138#CAD138

#CAD138 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.167 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD138
RGB	rgb(202, 209, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 73.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -20.22, 70.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 72.87, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0629 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.167 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8730, 58.4442, 12.4996)
Luminance	0.5844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD138 #3F38D1

analogous

#D18C38 #CAD138 #7ED138

triadic

#CAD138 #38CAD1 #D138CA

tetradic

#CAD138 #38D18C #3F38D1 #D1387E

square

#CAD138 #38D18C #3F38D1 #D1387E

split-complementary

#CAD138 #387ED1 #8C38D1

monochromatic

#70741B #A0A626 #CAD138 #D7DC6A #E4E89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CAD138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#CAD138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD138

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD138	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 209, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.167 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dede7a',
    500: '#cad138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad138;
$custom-light: #dede7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.745,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82914,
    "c": 0.16659,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD138

secondary

#34317C

accent

#42E64A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD138

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

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