#CAD53B#CAD53B

#CAD53B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.169 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD53B
RGB	rgb(202, 213, 59)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 72.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -22.03, 70.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 73.44, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0677 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.169 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9423, 60.4618, 13.2289)
Luminance	0.6046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD53B #463BD5

analogous

#D5933B #CAD53B #7DD53B

triadic

#CAD53B #3BCAD5 #D53BCA

tetradic

#CAD53B #3BD593 #463BD5 #D53B7D

square

#CAD53B #3BD593 #463BD5 #D53B7D

split-complementary

#CAD53B #3B7DD5 #933BD5

monochromatic

#747B1A #A4AE25 #CAD53B #D8E06D #E5EBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CAD53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#CAD53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD53B

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD53B	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 213, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.169 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee17c',
    500: '#cad53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad53b;
$custom-light: #dee17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83803,
    "c": 0.16902,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD53B

secondary

#373183

accent

#40E84C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD53B

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

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