#CADB49#CADB49

#CADB49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.167 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADB49
RGB	rgb(202, 219, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 66.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.81, -24.20, 66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.81, 70.98, 109.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% -0.0724 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.167 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8925, 63.7014, 15.9167)
Luminance	0.6370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADB49 #5A49DB

analogous

#DBA349 #CADB49 #81DB49

triadic

#CADB49 #49CADB #DB49CA

tetradic

#CADB49 #49DBA3 #5A49DB #DB4981

square

#CADB49 #49DBA3 #5A49DB #DB4981

split-complementary

#CADB49 #4981DB #A349DB

monochromatic

#808E1C #AFC126 #CADB49 #D9E57C #E8EFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CADB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#CADB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADB49

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADB49	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cadb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 219, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.167 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde684',
    500: '#cadb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cadb49;
$custom-light: #dde684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cadb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.986,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85212,
    "c": 0.16668,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADB49

secondary

#403593

accent

#3EEA52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADB49

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

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