#CADC42#CADC42

#CADC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.172 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADC42
RGB	rgb(202, 220, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, -25.07, 69.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 73.91, 109.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.0755 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.172 116)
XYZ	xyz(50.9350, 64.1371, 14.8497)
Luminance	0.6414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADC42 #5442DC

analogous

#DCA142 #CADC42 #7DDC42

triadic

#CADC42 #42CADC #DC42CA

tetradic

#CADC42 #42DCA1 #5442DC #DC427D

square

#CADC42 #42DCA1 #5442DC #DC427D

split-complementary

#CADC42 #427DDC #A142DC

monochromatic

#7D8A1A #ACBE23 #CADC42 #D8E676 #E7EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CADC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#CADC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADC42

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADC42	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cadc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 220, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.172 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee680',
    500: '#cadc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cadc42;
$custom-light: #dee680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cadc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.013,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85379,
    "c": 0.17233,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.64136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADC42

secondary

#3D3290

accent

#3CEC51

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADC42

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

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