#CADD37#CADD37

#CADD37 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	#CADD37
RGB	rgb(202, 221, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 75.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -26.06, 73.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 77.88, 109.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.0792 0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.18 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9045, 64.5460, 13.3907)
Luminance	0.6454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADD37 #4A37DD

analogous

#DD9D37 #CADD37 #77DD37

triadic

#CADD37 #37CADD #DD37CA

tetradic

#CADD37 #37DD9D #4A37DD #DD3777

square

#CADD37 #37DD9D #4A37DD #DD3777

split-complementary

#CADD37 #3777DD #9D37DD

monochromatic

#778316 #A6B81F #CADD37 #D8E66B #E6EFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CADD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#CADD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADD37

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADD37	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)

#EDD10A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cadd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 221, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.180 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee77b',
    500: '#cadd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cadd37;
$custom-light: #dee77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cadd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.867,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8553,
    "c": 0.17962,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADD37

secondary

#392E8A

accent

#3AEE4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADD37

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

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