#CADB36#CADB36

#CADB36 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.178 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADB36
RGB	rgb(202, 219, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 75.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -25.15, 73.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 77.38, 108.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0767 0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.178 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3559, 63.4868, 13.0908)
Luminance	0.6349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADB36 #4736DB

analogous

#DB9936 #CADB36 #77DB36

triadic

#CADB36 #36CADB #DB36CA

tetradic

#CADB36 #36DB99 #4736DB #DB3677

square

#CADB36 #36DB99 #4736DB #DB3677

split-complementary

#CADB36 #3677DB #9936DB

monochromatic

#758017 #A4B420 #CADB36 #D8E46A #E5EE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CADB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#CADB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADB36

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADB36	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD008

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cadb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 219, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.178 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee67a',
    500: '#cadb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cadb36;
$custom-light: #dee67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cadb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.182,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85086,
    "c": 0.17802,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADB36

secondary

#382E87

accent

#3BEC4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADB36

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

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