#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
RGB	rgb(202, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -25.54, 69.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 74.33, 110.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.0768 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.173 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1982, 64.6635, 14.9374)
Luminance	0.6466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##CADD42	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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