#CAD440#CAD440

#CAD440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.165 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD440
RGB	rgb(202, 212, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, -21.30, 68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 71.34, 107.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.0652 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.165 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8275, 60.0147, 13.8614)
Luminance	0.6001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD440 #4A40D4

analogous

#D49440 #CAD440 #80D440

triadic

#CAD440 #40CAD4 #D440CA

tetradic

#CAD440 #40D494 #4A40D4 #D44080

square

#CAD440 #40D494 #4A40D4 #D44080

split-complementary

#CAD440 #4080D4 #9440D4

monochromatic

#777D1C #A6AF27 #CAD440 #D8DF72 #E6EAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CAD440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#CAD440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD440

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD440	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 212, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.165 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee17e',
    500: '#cad440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad440;
$custom-light: #dee17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.054,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83619,
    "c": 0.16499,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD440

secondary

#393385

accent

#42E64D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD440

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

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