#CADD36#CADD36

#CADD36 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.180 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADD36
RGB	rgb(202, 221, 54)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.24, -26.10, 73.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.24, 78.17, 109.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.0793 0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.18 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8808, 64.5366, 13.2658)
Luminance	0.6454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADD36 #4936DD

analogous

#DD9D36 #CADD36 #77DD36

triadic

#CADD36 #36CADD #DD36CA

tetradic

#CADD36 #36DD9D #4936DD #DD3677

square

#CADD36 #36DD9D #4936DD #DD3677

split-complementary

#CADD36 #3677DD #9D36DD

monochromatic

#768316 #A6B71F #CADD36 #D8E66A #E6EF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CADD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#CADD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADD36

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADD36	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cadd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 221, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.180 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee77a',
    500: '#cadd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cadd36;
$custom-light: #dee77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cadd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.826,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85525,
    "c": 0.18013,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADD36

secondary

#382E89

accent

#3AEE4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADD36

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

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