#CAD233#CAD233

#CAD233 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.170 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CAD233
RGBrgb(202, 210, 51)
HSLhsl(63, 64%, 51%)
HSVhsv(63, 76%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(3.8%, 0%, 75.7%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(81.23, -20.92, 71.83)
CIE-LCHlch(81.23, 74.82, 106.24°)
OKLaboklab(83.1% -0.0652 0.1573)
OKLCHoklch(83.1% 0.17 112.5)
XYZxyz(48.0028, 58.8899, 11.9695)
Luminance0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CAD233 #3B33D2
analogous
#D28A33 #CAD233 #7AD233
triadic
#CAD233 #33CAD2 #D233CA
tetradic
#CAD233 #33D28A #3B33D2 #D2337A
square
#CAD233 #33D28A #3B33D2 #D2337A
split-complementary
#CAD233 #337AD2 #8A33D2
monochromatic
#6D7219 #9DA424 #CAD233 #D7DD65 #E4E897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64
#CAD233 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78
#CAD233 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD233
12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CAD233#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CAD2331.001.6412.7812.78
#FFFFFF1.641.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7821.001.001.00
##00000012.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E2C805
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CB41
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8C5B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cad233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 210, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.170 112.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf78',
    500: '#cad233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cad233;
$custom-light: #dedf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cad233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.019,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83103,
    "c": 0.17024,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CAD233
secondary
#332F7A
accent
#41E749
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#16150A
muted
#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD233

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

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#CAD233 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva