#CAD552#CAD552

#CAD552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.153 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD552
RGB	rgb(202, 213, 82)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 61.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, -20.73, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 64.90, 108.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0618 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.153 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6756, 60.7552, 17.0911)
Luminance	0.6075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD552 #5D52D5

analogous

#D59E52 #CAD552 #89D552

triadic

#CAD552 #52CAD5 #D552CA

tetradic

#CAD552 #52D59E #5D52D5 #D55289

square

#CAD552 #52D59E #5D52D5 #D55289

split-complementary

#CAD552 #5289D5 #9E52D5

monochromatic

#828B22 #B0BC2E #CAD552 #D9E183 #E8EDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CAD552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#CAD552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD552

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD552	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 213, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.153 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde188',
    500: '#cad552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad552;
$custom-light: #dde188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.038,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83981,
    "c": 0.1534,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD552

secondary

#423A91

accent

#44E451

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD552

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

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