#CAD436#CAD436

#CAD436 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.171 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD436
RGB	rgb(202, 212, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 74.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -21.77, 71.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 74.66, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0673 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.171 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5680, 59.9109, 12.4948)
Luminance	0.5991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD436 #4036D4

analogous

#D48F36 #CAD436 #7BD436

triadic

#CAD436 #36CAD4 #D436CA

tetradic

#CAD436 #36D48F #4036D4 #D4367B

square

#CAD436 #36D48F #4036D4 #D4367B

split-complementary

#CAD436 #367BD4 #8F36D4

monochromatic

#707619 #A0A924 #CAD436 #D7DF68 #E5EA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CAD436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#CAD436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD436

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD436	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 212, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.171 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee179',
    500: '#cad436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad436;
$custom-light: #dee179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.797,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83555,
    "c": 0.17074,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD436

secondary

#35307F

accent

#40E84B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD436

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

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