#CAD44A#CAD44A

#CAD44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.158 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD44A
RGB	rgb(202, 212, 74)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 65.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -20.75, 64.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 67.65, 107.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0627 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.158 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1380, 60.1389, 15.4967)
Luminance	0.6014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD44A #544AD4

analogous

#D4994A #CAD44A #85D44A

triadic

#CAD44A #4ACAD4 #D44ACA

tetradic

#CAD44A #4AD499 #544AD4 #D44A85

square

#CAD44A #4AD499 #544AD4 #D44A85

split-complementary

#CAD44A #4A85D4 #994AD4

monochromatic

#7D841F #ACB62B #CAD44A #D8E07B #E7EBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CAD44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#CAD44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD44A

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD44A	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 212, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.158 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde184',
    500: '#cad44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad44a;
$custom-light: #dde184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.348,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83694,
    "c": 0.15829,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD44A

secondary

#3D378B

accent

#43E54F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD44A

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

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