#CADD49#CADD49

#CADD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.169 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADD49
RGB	rgb(202, 221, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -25.16, 67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 71.84, 110.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0751 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.169 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4174, 64.7512, 16.0916)
Luminance	0.6475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADD49 #5C49DD

analogous

#DDA649 #CADD49 #80DD49

triadic

#CADD49 #49CADD #DD49CA

tetradic

#CADD49 #49DDA6 #5C49DD #DD4980

square

#CADD49 #49DDA6 #5C49DD #DD4980

split-complementary

#CADD49 #4980DD #A649DD

monochromatic

#81911B #B0C425 #CADD49 #D9E77D #E8F0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CADD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#CADD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADD49

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADD49	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)

#ECD233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cadd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 221, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.169 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde784',
    500: '#cadd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cadd49;
$custom-light: #dde784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cadd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.703,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85649,
    "c": 0.1689,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADD49

secondary

#413596

accent

#3CEB53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADD49

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

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