#CAD53F#CAD53F
#CAD53F 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 | #CAD53F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(202, 213, 63) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 64%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 70%, 84%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 70.4%, 16.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.11, -21.84, 68.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.11, 72.09, 107.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.83% -0.0668 0.1527) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.83% 0.167 113.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.0500, 60.5049, 13.7964) |
| Luminance | 0.6050 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.92
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.06
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 4.76
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 4.98
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 5.35
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 6.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#CAD53F #4A3FD5
analogous
#D5953F #CAD53F #7FD53F
triadic
#CAD53F #3FCAD5 #D53FCA
tetradic
#CAD53F #3FD595 #4A3FD5 #D53F7F
square
#CAD53F #3FD595 #4A3FD5 #D53F7F
split-complementary
#CAD53F #3F7FD5 #953FD5
monochromatic
#777E1C #A6B027 #CAD53F #D8E071 #E6EBA3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.60
#CAD53F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.10
#CAD53F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #CAD53F
13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##CAD53F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##CAD53F | 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)
#E5CB24
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CE4B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7C8B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #cad53f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 213, 63); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.167 113.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dee17e',
500: '#cad53f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #cad53f; $custom-light: #dee17e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#cad53f",
"rgb": {
"r": 202,
"g": 213,
"b": 63
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.4,
"s": 64.103,
"l": 54.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83829,
"c": 0.16666,
"h": 113.6
},
"luminance": 0.60504
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#CAD53F
secondary
#393385
accent
#41E74D
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#16150A
muted
#84847D