#CADD45#CADD45

#CADD45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.172 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADD45
RGB	rgb(202, 221, 69)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 68.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.33, -25.39, 68.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.33, 73.28, 110.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0761 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.172 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2890, 64.6998, 15.4155)
Luminance	0.6470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADD45 #5845DD

analogous

#DDA445 #CADD45 #7EDD45

triadic

#CADD45 #45CADD #DD45CA

tetradic

#CADD45 #45DDA4 #5845DD #DD457E

square

#CADD45 #45DDA4 #5845DD #DD457E

split-complementary

#CADD45 #457EDD #A445DD

monochromatic

#7F8E1A #AEC123 #CADD45 #D9E679 #E7F0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CADD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#CADD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADD45

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADD45	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cadd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 221, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.172 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee782',
    500: '#cadd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cadd45;
$custom-light: #dee782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cadd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85619,
    "c": 0.17153,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADD45

secondary

#3F3393

accent

#3CEC52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADD45

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

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