#CAD751#CAD751

#CAD751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.156 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD751
RGB	rgb(202, 215, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 62.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -21.77, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 66.17, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.0648 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.156 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1440, 61.7524, 17.0609)
Luminance	0.6175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD751 #5E51D7

analogous

#D7A151 #CAD751 #87D751

triadic

#CAD751 #51CAD7 #D751CA

tetradic

#CAD751 #51D7A1 #5E51D7 #D75187

square

#CAD751 #51D7A1 #5E51D7 #D75187

split-complementary

#CAD751 #5187D7 #A151D7

monochromatic

#838D20 #B1BF2C #CAD751 #D9E283 #E8EEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#CAD751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#CAD751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD751

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD751	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 215, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.156 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde388',
    500: '#cad751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad751;
$custom-light: #dde388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.821,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84406,
    "c": 0.15641,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD751

secondary

#423993

accent

#42E652

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD751

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

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