#CADA51#CADA51

#CADA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.160 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADA51
RGB	rgb(202, 218, 81)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, -23.22, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 67.48, 110.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0689 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.16 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9149, 63.2942, 17.3178)
Luminance	0.6329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADA51 #6151DA

analogous

#DAA551 #CADA51 #85DA51

triadic

#CADA51 #51CADA #DA51CA

tetradic

#CADA51 #51DAA5 #6151DA #DA5185

square

#CADA51 #51DAA5 #6151DA #DA5185

split-complementary

#CADA51 #5185DA #A551DA

monochromatic

#84921F #B2C42A #CADA51 #D9E583 #E9EFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CADA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#CADA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADA51

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADA51	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cada51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 218, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.160 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde588',
    500: '#cada51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cada51;
$custom-light: #dde588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cada51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.007,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8506,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADA51

secondary

#443997

accent

#40E854

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADA51

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

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