#CAD540#CAD540

#CAD540 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.166 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD540
RGB	rgb(202, 213, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, -21.79, 68.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 71.75, 107.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0665 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.166 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0782, 60.5162, 13.9449)
Luminance	0.6051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD540 #4B40D5

analogous

#D59640 #CAD540 #7FD540

triadic

#CAD540 #40CAD5 #D540CA

tetradic

#CAD540 #40D596 #4B40D5 #D5407F

square

#CAD540 #40D596 #4B40D5 #D5407F

split-complementary

#CAD540 #407FD5 #9640D5

monochromatic

#777F1C #A7B127 #CAD540 #D8E072 #E6EBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CAD540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#CAD540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD540

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD540	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)

#E5CB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 213, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.166 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee17e',
    500: '#cad540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad540;
$custom-light: #dee17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.43,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83836,
    "c": 0.16604,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD540

secondary

#393386

accent

#41E74D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD540

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

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