#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
RGB	rgb(202, 210, 51)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 75.7%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -20.92, 71.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 74.82, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0652 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.17 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0028, 58.8899, 11.9695)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##CAD233	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)

#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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