#CAD338#CAD338

#CAD338 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.169 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD338
RGB	rgb(202, 211, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 73.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -21.20, 70.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 73.64, 106.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0656 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.169 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3667, 59.4317, 12.6642)
Luminance	0.5943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD338 #4138D3

analogous

#D38F38 #CAD338 #7CD338

triadic

#CAD338 #38CAD3 #D338CA

tetradic

#CAD338 #38D38F #4138D3 #D3387C

square

#CAD338 #38D38F #4138D3 #D3387C

split-complementary

#CAD338 #387CD3 #8F38D3

monochromatic

#71761A #A1A925 #CAD338 #D7DE6A #E5E99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CAD338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#CAD338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD338

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD338	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 211, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.169 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee07a',
    500: '#cad338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad338;
$custom-light: #dee07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.484,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83349,
    "c": 0.16863,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD338

secondary

#35307F

accent

#41E74B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD338

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

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