#CAD42E#CAD42E

#CAD42E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.175 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD42E
RGB	rgb(202, 212, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 78.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -22.08, 73.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 77.00, 106.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0688 0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.175 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3953, 59.8419, 11.5855)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD42E #382ED4

analogous

#D48B2E #CAD42E #77D42E

triadic

#CAD42E #2ECAD4 #D42ECA

tetradic

#CAD42E #2ED48B #382ED4 #D42E77

square

#CAD42E #2ED48B #382ED4 #D42E77

split-complementary

#CAD42E #2E77D4 #8B2ED4

monochromatic

#6B7017 #9BA322 #CAD42E #D7DE61 #E4E994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CAD42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#CAD42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD42E

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD42E	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 212, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.175 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee176',
    500: '#cad42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad42e;
$custom-light: #dee176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.614,
    "s": 65.873,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83513,
    "c": 0.17465,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD42E

secondary

#312D79

accent

#3FE949

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD42E

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

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