#CAD423#CAD423

#CAD423 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.179 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD423
RGB	rgb(202, 212, 35)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 83.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -22.43, 76.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 79.72, 106.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0705 0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.179 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2056, 59.7660, 10.5864)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD423 #2D23D4

analogous

#D48523 #CAD423 #71D423

triadic

#CAD423 #23CAD4 #D423CA

tetradic

#CAD423 #23D485 #2D23D4 #D42371

square

#CAD423 #23D485 #2D23D4 #D42371

split-complementary

#CAD423 #2371D4 #8523D4

monochromatic

#666B12 #989F1A #CAD423 #DAE252 #E5EB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CAD423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#CAD423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD423

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD423	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4C900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CD37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 212, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.179 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee171',
    500: '#cad423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad423;
$custom-light: #dee171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.39,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83467,
    "c": 0.17903,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD423

secondary

#2B2775

accent

#39EE44

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD423

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

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