#CAD340#CAD340

#CAD340 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.164 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD340
RGB	rgb(202, 211, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 69.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -20.82, 67.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 70.94, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0638 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.164 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5783, 59.5163, 13.7783)
Luminance	0.5951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD340 #4940D3

analogous

#D39240 #CAD340 #81D340

triadic

#CAD340 #40CAD3 #D340CA

tetradic

#CAD340 #40D392 #4940D3 #D34081

square

#CAD340 #40D392 #4940D3 #D34081

split-complementary

#CAD340 #4081D3 #9240D3

monochromatic

#767C1D #A6AE28 #CAD340 #D8DE72 #E6EAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CAD340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#CAD340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD340

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD340	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)

#E3C927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 211, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.164 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee07e',
    500: '#cad340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad340;
$custom-light: #dee07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.673,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83401,
    "c": 0.16393,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD340

secondary

#383384

accent

#42E64C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD340

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

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