#CAD74B#CAD74B

#CAD74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.161 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD74B
RGB	rgb(202, 215, 75)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 65.1%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -22.15, 64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 68.53, 108.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% -0.0665 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.161 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.9288, 61.6663, 15.9278)
Luminance	0.6167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD74B #584BD7

analogous

#D79E4B #CAD74B #84D74B

triadic

#CAD74B #4BCAD7 #D74BCA

tetradic

#CAD74B #4BD79E #584BD7 #D74B84

square

#CAD74B #4BD79E #584BD7 #D74B84

split-complementary

#CAD74B #4B84D7 #9E4BD7

monochromatic

#7F891E #AEBB2A #CAD74B #D9E27D #E7EDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CAD74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#CAD74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD74B

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD74B	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)

#E6CD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 215, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.161 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde384',
    500: '#cad74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad74b;
$custom-light: #dde384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.571,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84355,
    "c": 0.16086,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD74B

secondary

#3F378F

accent

#41E751

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD74B

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

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