#CAD53E#CAD53E

#CAD53E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.167 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD53E
RGB	rgb(202, 213, 62)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 70.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, -21.89, 69.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 72.44, 107.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.067 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.167 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0223, 60.4939, 13.6506)
Luminance	0.6049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD53E #493ED5

analogous

#D5953E #CAD53E #7FD53E

triadic

#CAD53E #3ECAD5 #D53ECA

tetradic

#CAD53E #3ED595 #493ED5 #D53E7F

square

#CAD53E #3ED595 #493ED5 #D53E7F

split-complementary

#CAD53E #3E7FD5 #953ED5

monochromatic

#767D1B #A6B026 #CAD53E #D8E070 #E6EBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CAD53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#CAD53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD53E

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD53E	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 213, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.167 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee17d',
    500: '#cad53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad53e;
$custom-light: #dee17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.371,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83823,
    "c": 0.16726,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD53E

secondary

#383285

accent

#41E74D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD53E

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

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