#CADD42#CADD42

#CADD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.173 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CADD42
RGBrgb(202, 221, 66)
HSLhsl(67, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(67, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(8.6%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(84.31, -25.54, 69.80)
CIE-LCHlch(84.31, 74.33, 110.10°)
OKLaboklab(85.6% -0.0768 0.1555)
OKLCHoklch(85.6% 0.173 116.3)
XYZxyz(51.1982, 64.6635, 14.9374)
Luminance0.6466 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CADD42 #5542DD
analogous
#DDA342 #CADD42 #7DDD42
triadic
#CADD42 #42CADD #DD42CA
tetradic
#CADD42 #42DDA3 #5542DD #DD427D
square
#CADD42 #42DDA3 #5542DD #DD427D
split-complementary
#CADD42 #427DDD #A342DD
monochromatic
#7D8C19 #ACBF22 #CADD42 #D9E676 #E7F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51
#CADD42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93
#CADD42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADD42
13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CADD42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CADD421.001.5113.9313.93
#FFFFFF1.511.0021.0021.00
#00000013.9321.001.001.00
##00000013.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ECD227
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD34E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7D1BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cadd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.173 116.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee780',
    500: '#cadd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cadd42;
$custom-light: #dee780;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cadd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.355,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85598,
    "c": 0.17342,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CADD42
secondary
#3E3291
accent
#3BEC51
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#16160B
muted
#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADD42

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#CADD42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva