#CAD940#CAD940

#CAD940 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.170 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAD940
RGB	rgb(202, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -23.73, 69.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 73.36, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.0719 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.17 115)
XYZ	xyz(50.0967, 62.5533, 14.2845)
Luminance	0.6255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAD940 #4F40D9

analogous

#D99B40 #CAD940 #7ED940

triadic

#CAD940 #40CAD9 #D940CA

tetradic

#CAD940 #40D99B #4F40D9 #D9407E

square

#CAD940 #40D99B #4F40D9 #D9407E

split-complementary

#CAD940 #407ED9 #9B40D9

monochromatic

#7A841A #A9B724 #CAD940 #D8E373 #E6EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CAD940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#CAD940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAD940

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAD940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAD940	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cad940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.170 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee47f',
    500: '#cad940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cad940;
$custom-light: #dee47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cad940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.882,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84709,
    "c": 0.1703,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.62552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAD940

secondary

#3B328B

accent

#3EEA4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAD940

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

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