#CAD232#CAD232

#CAD232 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.171 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD232
RGB	rgb(202, 210, 50)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 76.2%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -20.96, 72.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 75.11, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0654 0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.171 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9810, 58.8812, 11.8547)
Luminance	0.5888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD232 #3A32D2

analogous

#D28A32 #CAD232 #7AD232

triadic

#CAD232 #32CAD2 #D232CA

tetradic

#CAD232 #32D28A #3A32D2 #D2327A

square

#CAD232 #32D28A #3A32D2 #D2327A

split-complementary

#CAD232 #327AD2 #8A32D2

monochromatic

#6C7119 #9DA324 #CAD232 #D7DD64 #E4E896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CAD232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#CAD232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD232

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD232	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C801

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 210, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.171 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf77',
    500: '#cad232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad232;
$custom-light: #dedf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83098,
    "c": 0.17075,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD232

secondary

#322E7A

accent

#41E749

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD232

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

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