#CAD72E#CAD72E

#CAD72E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.178 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD72E
RGB	rgb(202, 215, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 68%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 78.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, -23.54, 74.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 78.12, 107.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0729 0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.178 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1522, 61.3557, 11.8378)
Luminance	0.6136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD72E #3B2ED7

analogous

#D78F2E #CAD72E #75D72E

triadic

#CAD72E #2ECAD7 #D72ECA

tetradic

#CAD72E #2ED78F #3B2ED7 #D72E75

square

#CAD72E #2ED78F #3B2ED7 #D72E75

split-complementary

#CAD72E #2E75D7 #8F2ED7

monochromatic

#6D7416 #9DA820 #CAD72E #D7E161 #E4EB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CAD72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#CAD72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD72E

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD72E	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)

#E7CC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7CF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8CAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 215, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.178 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee376',
    500: '#cad72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad72e;
$custom-light: #dee376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 67.871,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84169,
    "c": 0.17769,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD72E

secondary

#332C7D

accent

#3DEB4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD72E

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

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