#CAD142#CAD142

#CAD142 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.161 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD142
RGB	rgb(202, 209, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -19.73, 66.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 69.43, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0606 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.161 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1424, 58.5520, 13.9188)
Luminance	0.5855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD142 #4942D1

analogous

#D19142 #CAD142 #83D142

triadic

#CAD142 #42CAD1 #D142CA

tetradic

#CAD142 #42D191 #4942D1 #D14283

square

#CAD142 #42D191 #4942D1 #D14283

split-complementary

#CAD142 #4283D1 #9142D1

monochromatic

#767B1E #A6AC2A #CAD142 #D8DD73 #E6E9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CAD142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#CAD142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD142

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD142	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 209, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.161 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dede7f',
    500: '#cad142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad142;
$custom-light: #dede7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.937,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82981,
    "c": 0.16056,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD142

secondary

#383583

accent

#44E44C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD142

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

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