#CADD48#CADD48

#CADD48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.170 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADD48
RGB	rgb(202, 221, 72)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.35, -25.22, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.35, 72.20, 110.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.64% -0.0753 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(85.64% 0.17 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3845, 64.7380, 15.9184)
Luminance	0.6474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADD48 #5B48DD

analogous

#DDA648 #CADD48 #7FDD48

triadic

#CADD48 #48CADD #DD48CA

tetradic

#CADD48 #48DDA6 #5B48DD #DD487F

square

#CADD48 #48DDA6 #5B48DD #DD487F

split-complementary

#CADD48 #487FDD #A648DD

monochromatic

#81901B #AFC324 #CADD48 #D9E77C #E8F0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CADD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#CADD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADD48

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADD48	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cadd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 221, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.170 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde783',
    500: '#cadd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cadd48;
$custom-light: #dde783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cadd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.651,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85642,
    "c": 0.16958,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADD48

secondary

#413495

accent

#3CEC53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADD48

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

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