#CAD245#CAD245

#CAD245 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.160 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD245
RGB	rgb(202, 210, 69)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 67.1%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -20.06, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 68.73, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0612 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.16 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4793, 59.0805, 14.4790)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD245 #4D45D2

analogous

#D29345 #CAD245 #84D245

triadic

#CAD245 #45CAD2 #D245CA

tetradic

#CAD245 #45D293 #4D45D2 #D24584

square

#CAD245 #45D293 #4D45D2 #D24584

split-complementary

#CAD245 #4584D2 #9345D2

monochromatic

#797E1F #A8AF2A #CAD245 #D8DE76 #E6EAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CAD245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#CAD245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD245

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD245	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 210, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.160 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddf81',
    500: '#cad245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad245;
$custom-light: #dddf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.404,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8322,
    "c": 0.15963,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD245

secondary

#3A3686

accent

#44E44D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD245

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

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