#CAD246#CAD246

#CAD246 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.159 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD246
RGB	rgb(202, 210, 70)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 66.7%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -20.00, 65.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 68.35, 107.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.061 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.159 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5106, 59.0930, 14.6438)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD246 #4E46D2

analogous

#D29446 #CAD246 #84D246

triadic

#CAD246 #46CAD2 #D246CA

tetradic

#CAD246 #46D294 #4E46D2 #D24684

square

#CAD246 #46D294 #4E46D2 #D24684

split-complementary

#CAD246 #4684D2 #9446D2

monochromatic

#797F1F #A8B02B #CAD246 #D8DE77 #E6EAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CAD246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#CAD246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD246

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD246	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)

#E1C831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 210, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.159 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddf81',
    500: '#cad246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad246;
$custom-light: #dddf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83228,
    "c": 0.15894,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD246

secondary

#3B3686

accent

#44E44D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD246

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

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