#CADD3A#CADD3A

#CADD3A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.178 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CADD3A
RGBrgb(202, 221, 58)
HSLhsl(67, 71%, 55%)
HSVhsv(67, 74%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(8.6%, 0%, 73.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(84.26, -25.93, 72.45)
CIE-LCHlch(84.26, 76.95, 109.69°)
OKLaboklab(85.55% -0.0785 0.1598)
OKLCHoklch(85.55% 0.178 116.2)
XYZxyz(50.9786, 64.5757, 13.7810)
Luminance0.6458 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CADD3A #4D3ADD
analogous
#DD9F3A #CADD3A #78DD3A
triadic
#CADD3A #3ACADD #DD3ACA
tetradic
#CADD3A #3ADD9F #4D3ADD #DD3A78
square
#CADD3A #3ADD9F #4D3ADD #DD3A78
split-complementary
#CADD3A #3A78DD #9F3ADD
monochromatic
#798617 #A8BA20 #CADD3A #D8E66E #E6EFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51
#CADD3A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92
#CADD3A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADD3A
13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CADD3A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CADD3A1.001.5113.9213.92
#FFFFFF1.511.0021.0021.00
#00000013.9221.001.001.00
##00000013.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ECD115
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD348
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7D0BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cadd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 221, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.178 116.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee77c',
    500: '#cadd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cadd3a;
$custom-light: #dee77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cadd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.994,
    "s": 70.563,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85547,
    "c": 0.17804,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CADD3A
secondary
#3A2F8C
accent
#3AED4F
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#16160A
muted
#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADD3A

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#CADD3A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva