#CAD74A#CAD74A

#CAD74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.162 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD74A
RGB	rgb(202, 215, 74)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 65.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -22.21, 65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 68.91, 108.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% -0.0667 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.162 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.8949, 61.6527, 15.7490)
Luminance	0.6165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD74A #574AD7

analogous

#D79E4A #CAD74A #84D74A

triadic

#CAD74A #4ACAD7 #D74ACA

tetradic

#CAD74A #4AD79E #574AD7 #D74A84

square

#CAD74A #4AD79E #574AD7 #D74A84

split-complementary

#CAD74A #4A84D7 #9E4AD7

monochromatic

#7F881E #ADBB29 #CAD74A #D9E27C #E7EDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CAD74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#CAD74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD74A

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD74A	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 215, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.162 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde384',
    500: '#cad74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad74a;
$custom-light: #dde384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.532,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84347,
    "c": 0.16157,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD74A

secondary

#3F378F

accent

#41E750

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD74A

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

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