#CAD659#CAD659

#CAD659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.149 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD659
RGB	rgb(202, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -20.72, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 62.43, 109.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0611 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.149 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2080, 61.3718, 18.6503)
Luminance	0.6137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD659 #6559D6

analogous

#D6A459 #CAD659 #8CD659

triadic

#CAD659 #59CAD6 #D659CA

tetradic

#CAD659 #59D6A4 #6559D6 #D6598C

square

#CAD659 #59D6A4 #6559D6 #D6598C

split-complementary

#CAD659 #598CD6 #A459D6

monochromatic

#869124 #B4C230 #CAD659 #DAE28A #E9EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CAD659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#CAD659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD659

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD659	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.149 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde28c',
    500: '#cad659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad659;
$custom-light: #dde28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.76,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84265,
    "c": 0.14886,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD659

secondary

#463D96

accent

#44E454

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD659

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

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