#CAD63B#CAD63B

#CAD63B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.170 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD63B
RGB	rgb(202, 214, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 72.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, -22.52, 70.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 73.84, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.069 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.17 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.1946, 60.9664, 13.3130)
Luminance	0.6097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD63B #473BD6

analogous

#D6943B #CAD63B #7CD63B

triadic

#CAD63B #3BCAD6 #D63BCA

tetradic

#CAD63B #3BD694 #473BD6 #D63B7C

square

#CAD63B #3BD694 #473BD6 #D63B7C

split-complementary

#CAD63B #3B7CD6 #943BD6

monochromatic

#757D1A #A4AF25 #CAD63B #D8E16E #E5EBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CAD63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#CAD63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD63B

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD63B	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 214, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.170 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee27c',
    500: '#cad63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad63b;
$custom-light: #dee27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.645,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84021,
    "c": 0.17006,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD63B

secondary

#383184

accent

#3FE84D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD63B

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

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