#CAD63E#CAD63E

#CAD63E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.168 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD63E
RGB	rgb(202, 214, 62)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 71%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -22.38, 69.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 72.84, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.0683 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.168 114)
XYZ	xyz(49.2746, 60.9985, 13.7347)
Luminance	0.6100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD63E #4A3ED6

analogous

#D6963E #CAD63E #7ED63E

triadic

#CAD63E #3ECAD6 #D63ECA

tetradic

#CAD63E #3ED696 #4A3ED6 #D63E7E

square

#CAD63E #3ED696 #4A3ED6 #D63E7E

split-complementary

#CAD63E #3E7ED6 #963ED6

monochromatic

#777F1B #A6B126 #CAD63E #D8E170 #E6EBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CAD63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#CAD63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD63E

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD63E	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 214, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.168 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee27d',
    500: '#cad63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad63e;
$custom-light: #dee27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 64.957,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84041,
    "c": 0.16831,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.60997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD63E

secondary

#393286

accent

#40E84D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD63E

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

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