#CAD543#CAD543

#CAD543 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.164 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD543
RGB	rgb(202, 213, 67)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 68.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -21.63, 67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 70.68, 107.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.0658 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.164 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1659, 60.5513, 14.4067)
Luminance	0.6055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD543 #4E43D5

analogous

#D59743 #CAD543 #81D543

triadic

#CAD543 #43CAD5 #D543CA

tetradic

#CAD543 #43D597 #4E43D5 #D54381

square

#CAD543 #43D597 #4E43D5 #D54381

split-complementary

#CAD543 #4381D5 #9743D5

monochromatic

#79811D #A8B328 #CAD543 #D8E075 #E6EBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CAD543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#CAD543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD543

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD543	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 213, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.164 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde180',
    500: '#cad543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad543;
$custom-light: #dde180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.521,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83857,
    "c": 0.16414,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD543

secondary

#3B3488

accent

#41E74E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD543

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

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