#CADA40#CADA40

#CADA40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.171 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADA40
RGB	rgb(202, 218, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -24.21, 69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 73.77, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% -0.0733 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.171 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3553, 63.0704, 14.3706)
Luminance	0.6307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADA40 #5040DA

analogous

#DA9D40 #CADA40 #7DDA40

triadic

#CADA40 #40CADA #DA40CA

tetradic

#CADA40 #40DA9D #5040DA #DA407D

square

#CADA40 #40DA9D #5040DA #DA407D

split-complementary

#CADA40 #407DDA #9D40DA

monochromatic

#7A861A #A9B924 #CADA40 #D8E473 #E6EEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CADA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#CADA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADA40

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADA40	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cada40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 218, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.171 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee57f',
    500: '#cada40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cada40;
$custom-light: #dee57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cada40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.234,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84928,
    "c": 0.17138,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADA40

secondary

#3B328C

accent

#3DEA4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADA40

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

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