#CAD342#CAD342

#CAD342 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.163 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD342
RGB	rgb(202, 211, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 68.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -20.71, 67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 70.23, 107.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0633 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.163 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6362, 59.5395, 14.0834)
Luminance	0.5954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD342 #4B42D3

analogous

#D39442 #CAD342 #82D342

triadic

#CAD342 #42CAD3 #D342CA

tetradic

#CAD342 #42D394 #4B42D3 #D34282

square

#CAD342 #42D394 #4B42D3 #D34282

split-complementary

#CAD342 #4282D3 #9442D3

monochromatic

#777D1D #A7AF29 #CAD342 #D8DF74 #E6EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CAD342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#CAD342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD342

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD342	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 211, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.163 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee07f',
    500: '#cad342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad342;
$custom-light: #dee07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.724,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83415,
    "c": 0.16266,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD342

secondary

#393485

accent

#42E54D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD342

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

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