#CADA42#CADA42

#CADA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.170 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADA42
RGB	rgb(202, 218, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -24.11, 68.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 73.08, 109.26°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% -0.0728 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.17 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4132, 63.0935, 14.6758)
Luminance	0.6309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADA42 #5242DA

analogous

#DA9E42 #CADA42 #7EDA42

triadic

#CADA42 #42CADA #DA42CA

tetradic

#CADA42 #42DA9E #5242DA #DA427E

square

#CADA42 #42DA9E #5242DA #DA427E

split-complementary

#CADA42 #427EDA #9E42DA

monochromatic

#7C871A #ABBA24 #CADA42 #D8E475 #E7EEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CADA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#CADA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADA42

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADA42	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cada42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 218, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.170 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee580',
    500: '#cada42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cada42;
$custom-light: #dee580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cada42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84941,
    "c": 0.17015,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADA42

secondary

#3C338D

accent

#3EEA50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADA42

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

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