#CAD640#CAD640

#CAD640 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.167 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD640
RGB	rgb(202, 214, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 70.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, -22.28, 68.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 72.15, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.05% -0.0679 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(84.05% 0.167 114)
XYZ	xyz(49.3305, 61.0208, 14.0290)
Luminance	0.6102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD640 #4C40D6

analogous

#D69740 #CAD640 #7FD640

triadic

#CAD640 #40CAD6 #D640CA

tetradic

#CAD640 #40D697 #4C40D6 #D6407F

square

#CAD640 #40D697 #4C40D6 #D6407F

split-complementary

#CAD640 #407FD6 #9740D6

monochromatic

#78801B #A7B226 #CAD640 #D8E172 #E6ECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CAD640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#CAD640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD640

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD640	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)

#E5CC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 214, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.167 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee27e',
    500: '#cad640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad640;
$custom-light: #dee27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84054,
    "c": 0.1671,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.6102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD640

secondary

#3A3387

accent

#40E84E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD640

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

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