#CAD239#CAD239

#CAD239 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.167 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD239
RGB	rgb(202, 210, 57)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 72.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -20.66, 69.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 72.93, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.064 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.167 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1438, 58.9463, 12.7118)
Luminance	0.5895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD239 #4139D2

analogous

#D28D39 #CAD239 #7ED239

triadic

#CAD239 #39CAD2 #D239CA

tetradic

#CAD239 #39D28D #4139D2 #D2397E

square

#CAD239 #39D28D #4139D2 #D2397E

split-complementary

#CAD239 #397ED2 #8D39D2

monochromatic

#71761B #A1A826 #CAD239 #D7DD6B #E5E99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CAD239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#CAD239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD239

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD239	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 210, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.167 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf7a',
    500: '#cad239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad239;
$custom-light: #dedf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.137,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83138,
    "c": 0.16705,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD239

secondary

#35317E

accent

#42E64A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD239

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

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