#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
RGB	rgb(202, 221, 58)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 73.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.26, -25.93, 72.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.26, 76.95, 109.69°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.0785 0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.178 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9786, 64.5757, 13.7810)
Luminance	0.6458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##CADD3A	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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