#CAD160#CAD160

#CAD160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.137 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD160
RGB	rgb(202, 209, 96)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 54.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -17.71, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 57.14, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0519 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.137 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2700, 59.0030, 19.8573)
Luminance	0.5900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD160 #6760D1

analogous

#D1A060 #CAD160 #91D160

triadic

#CAD160 #60CAD1 #D160CA

tetradic

#CAD160 #60D1A0 #6760D1 #D16091

square

#CAD160 #60D1A0 #6760D1 #D16091

split-complementary

#CAD160 #6091D1 #A060D1

monochromatic

#878E29 #B5BD37 #CAD160 #DADF8F #EAECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CAD160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#CAD160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD160

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD160	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 209, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.137 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdf91',
    500: '#cad160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad160;
$custom-light: #dcdf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.717,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83259,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD160

secondary

#474194

accent

#49DE53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD160

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

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