#CAD139#CAD139

#CAD139 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.166 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD139
RGB	rgb(202, 209, 57)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 72.7%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -20.17, 69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 72.55, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0627 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.166 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8977, 58.4540, 12.6297)
Luminance	0.5845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD139 #4039D1

analogous

#D18C39 #CAD139 #7ED139

triadic

#CAD139 #39CAD1 #D139CA

tetradic

#CAD139 #39D18C #4039D1 #D1397E

square

#CAD139 #39D18C #4039D1 #D1397E

split-complementary

#CAD139 #397ED1 #8C39D1

monochromatic

#70751B #A0A627 #CAD139 #D7DD6B #E5E89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CAD139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#CAD139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD139

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD139	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	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)

#E1C71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 209, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.166 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dede7a',
    500: '#cad139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad139;
$custom-light: #dede7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.763,
    "s": 62.295,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8292,
    "c": 0.16603,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD139

secondary

#35317D

accent

#42E54A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD139

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

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