#CAD23D#CAD23D

#CAD23D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.165 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD23D
RGB	rgb(202, 210, 61)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 71%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -20.48, 68.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 71.59, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0631 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.165 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2475, 58.9878, 13.2582)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD23D #453DD2

analogous

#D28F3D #CAD23D #80D23D

triadic

#CAD23D #3DCAD2 #D23DCA

tetradic

#CAD23D #3DD28F #453DD2 #D23D80

square

#CAD23D #3DD28F #453DD2 #D23D80

split-complementary

#CAD23D #3D80D2 #8F3DD2

monochromatic

#74791C #A3AA28 #CAD23D #D8DE6F #E5E9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CAD23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#CAD23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD23D

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD23D	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 210, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.165 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf7c',
    500: '#cad23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad23d;
$custom-light: #dedf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.221,
    "s": 62.343,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83163,
    "c": 0.16473,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD23D

secondary

#373281

accent

#42E54B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD23D

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

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