#CAD33D#CAD33D

#CAD33D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.166 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD33D
RGB	rgb(202, 211, 61)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 71.1%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, -20.96, 68.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 71.99, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0645 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.166 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.4952, 59.4831, 13.3407)
Luminance	0.5948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD33D #463DD3

analogous

#D3913D #CAD33D #7FD33D

triadic

#CAD33D #3DCAD3 #D33DCA

tetradic

#CAD33D #3DD391 #463DD3 #D33D7F

square

#CAD33D #3DD391 #463DD3 #D33D7F

split-complementary

#CAD33D #3D7FD3 #913DD3

monochromatic

#747A1C #A4AC27 #CAD33D #D8DE6F #E5EAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CAD33D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#CAD33D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD33D

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD33D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD33D	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad33d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 211, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.166 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee07c',
    500: '#cad33d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad33d;
$custom-light: #dee07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad33d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.6,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83381,
    "c": 0.16576,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD33D

secondary

#373282

accent

#42E64C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD33D

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

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