#CAD23B#CAD23B

#CAD23B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.166 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD23B
RGB	rgb(202, 210, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 71.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -20.57, 69.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 72.27, 106.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0636 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.166 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1946, 58.9666, 12.9797)
Luminance	0.5897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD23B #433BD2

analogous

#D28F3B #CAD23B #7ED23B

triadic

#CAD23B #3BCAD2 #D23BCA

tetradic

#CAD23B #3BD28F #433BD2 #D23B7E

square

#CAD23B #3BD28F #433BD2 #D23B7E

split-complementary

#CAD23B #3B7ED2 #8F3BD2

monochromatic

#72771B #A2A927 #CAD23B #D7DD6D #E5E99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CAD23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#CAD23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD23B

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD23B	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)

#E2C81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 210, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.166 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf7b',
    500: '#cad23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad23b;
$custom-light: #dedf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.179,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8315,
    "c": 0.16591,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD23B

secondary

#36327F

accent

#42E64B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD23B

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

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