#CAD855#CAD855

#CAD855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.154 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD855
RGB	rgb(202, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -21.98, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 64.99, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.065 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.154 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5538, 62.3250, 17.9594)
Luminance	0.6232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD855 #6355D8

analogous

#D8A555 #CAD855 #89D855

triadic

#CAD855 #55CAD8 #D855CA

tetradic

#CAD855 #55D8A5 #6355D8 #D85589

square

#CAD855 #55D8A5 #6355D8 #D85589

split-complementary

#CAD855 #5589D8 #A555D8

monochromatic

#859121 #B3C32D #CAD855 #DAE387 #E9EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#CAD855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#CAD855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD855

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD855	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.154 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde38a',
    500: '#cad855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad855;
$custom-light: #dde38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.412,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84661,
    "c": 0.15442,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD855

secondary

#453B96

accent

#42E654

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD855

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

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