#CAD545#CAD545

#CAD545 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.163 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD545
RGB	rgb(202, 213, 69)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 67.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -21.52, 66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 69.95, 107.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0653 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.163 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2269, 60.5757, 14.7282)
Luminance	0.6058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD545 #5045D5

analogous

#D59845 #CAD545 #82D545

triadic

#CAD545 #45CAD5 #D545CA

tetradic

#CAD545 #45D598 #5045D5 #D54582

square

#CAD545 #45D598 #5045D5 #D54582

split-complementary

#CAD545 #4582D5 #9845D5

monochromatic

#7B821D #A9B429 #CAD545 #D8E077 #E6ECA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CAD545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#CAD545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD545

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD545	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 213, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.163 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde181',
    500: '#cad545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad545;
$custom-light: #dde181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.583,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83872,
    "c": 0.16283,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD545

secondary

#3B3589

accent

#42E64E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD545

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

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