#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
RGBrgb(202, 210, 59)
HSLhsl(63, 63%, 53%)
HSVhsv(63, 72%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(3.8%, 0%, 71.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(81.27, -20.57, 69.28)
CIE-LCHlch(81.27, 72.27, 106.54°)
OKLaboklab(83.15% -0.0636 0.1532)
OKLCHoklch(83.15% 0.166 112.5)
XYZxyz(48.1946, 58.9666, 12.9797)
Luminance0.5897 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##CAD23B1.001.6412.7912.79
#FFFFFF1.641.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7921.001.001.00
##00000012.7921.001.001.00

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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#CAD23B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva