#CAD841#CAD841

#CAD841 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.169 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD841
RGB	rgb(202, 216, 65)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 69.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -23.19, 68.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 72.61, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0703 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.169 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8685, 62.0508, 14.3500)
Luminance	0.6205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD841 #4F41D8

analogous

#D89B41 #CAD841 #7ED841

triadic

#CAD841 #41CAD8 #D841CA

tetradic

#CAD841 #41D89B #4F41D8 #D8417E

square

#CAD841 #41D89B #4F41D8 #D8417E

split-complementary

#CAD841 #417ED8 #9B41D8

monochromatic

#7A841B #A9B625 #CAD841 #D8E274 #E6EDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#CAD841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#CAD841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD841

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD841	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 216, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.169 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee37f',
    500: '#cad841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad841;
$custom-light: #dee37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.563,
    "s": 65.939,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84497,
    "c": 0.16862,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD841

secondary

#3B338A

accent

#3FE94F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD841

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

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