#CAD449#CAD449

#CAD449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.159 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD449
RGB	rgb(202, 212, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -20.81, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 68.04, 107.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0629 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.159 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1045, 60.1256, 15.3207)
Luminance	0.6012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD449 #5349D4

analogous

#D49949 #CAD449 #84D449

triadic

#CAD449 #49CAD4 #D449CA

tetradic

#CAD449 #49D499 #5349D4 #D44984

square

#CAD449 #49D499 #5349D4 #D44984

split-complementary

#CAD449 #4984D4 #9949D4

monochromatic

#7C841F #ABB52B #CAD449 #D8E07B #E7EBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CAD449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#CAD449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD449

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD449	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 212, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.159 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde183',
    500: '#cad449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad449;
$custom-light: #dde183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.317,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83686,
    "c": 0.159,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD449

secondary

#3D378A

accent

#43E54F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD449

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

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