#CADD4A#CADD4A

#CADD4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.168 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADD4A
RGB	rgb(202, 221, 74)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -25.10, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 71.47, 110.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0748 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.168 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4508, 64.7645, 16.2676)
Luminance	0.6476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADD4A #5D4ADD

analogous

#DDA64A #CADD4A #80DD4A

triadic

#CADD4A #4ACADD #DD4ACA

tetradic

#CADD4A #4ADDA6 #5D4ADD #DD4A80

square

#CADD4A #4ADDA6 #5D4ADD #DD4A80

split-complementary

#CADD4A #4A80DD #A64ADD

monochromatic

#82911B #B0C525 #CADD4A #D9E77E #E8F0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CADD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#CADD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADD4A

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADD4A	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)

#ECD234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cadd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 221, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.168 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde784',
    500: '#cadd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cadd4a;
$custom-light: #dde784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cadd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.755,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85657,
    "c": 0.16823,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADD4A

secondary

#423596

accent

#3DEB53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADD4A

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

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