#CAD23E#CAD23E

#CAD23E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.164 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD23E
RGB	rgb(202, 210, 62)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 70.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -20.43, 68.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 71.25, 106.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0629 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.164 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2747, 58.9986, 13.4014)
Luminance	0.5900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD23E #463ED2

analogous

#D2903E #CAD23E #80D23E

triadic

#CAD23E #3ECAD2 #D23ECA

tetradic

#CAD23E #3ED290 #463ED2 #D23E80

square

#CAD23E #3ED290 #463ED2 #D23E80

split-complementary

#CAD23E #3E80D2 #903ED2

monochromatic

#74791C #A4AB28 #CAD23E #D8DE70 #E5E9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CAD23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#CAD23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD23E

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD23E	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)

#E2C824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 210, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.164 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf7d',
    500: '#cad23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad23e;
$custom-light: #dedf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 62.185,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8317,
    "c": 0.16413,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD23E

secondary

#373381

accent

#43E54B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD23E

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

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