#CAD52E#CAD52E

#CAD52E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.176 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD52E
RGB	rgb(202, 213, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 67%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 78.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -22.57, 74.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 77.37, 106.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0702 0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.176 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6461, 60.3434, 11.6691)
Luminance	0.6034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD52E #392ED5

analogous

#D58C2E #CAD52E #76D52E

triadic

#CAD52E #2ECAD5 #D52ECA

tetradic

#CAD52E #2ED58C #392ED5 #D52E76

square

#CAD52E #2ED58C #392ED5 #D52E76

split-complementary

#CAD52E #2E76D5 #8C2ED5

monochromatic

#6C7217 #9CA521 #CAD52E #D7DF61 #E4E994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CAD52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#CAD52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD52E

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD52E	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 213, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.176 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee176',
    500: '#cad52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad52e;
$custom-light: #dee176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.952,
    "s": 66.534,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83732,
    "c": 0.17565,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD52E

secondary

#322D7B

accent

#3EE94A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD52E

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

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