#CADD51#CADD51

#CADD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.163 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADD51
RGB	rgb(202, 221, 81)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -24.67, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 68.80, 111.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.0729 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.163 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6999, 64.8642, 17.5795)
Luminance	0.6486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADD51 #6451DD

analogous

#DDAA51 #CADD51 #84DD51

triadic

#CADD51 #51CADD #DD51CA

tetradic

#CADD51 #51DDAA #6451DD #DD5184

square

#CADD51 #51DDAA #6451DD #DD5184

split-complementary

#CADD51 #5184DD #AA51DD

monochromatic

#86961D #B3C927 #CADD51 #DAE784 #E9F1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CADD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#CADD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADD51

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADD51	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cadd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 221, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.163 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde788',
    500: '#cadd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cadd51;
$custom-light: #dde788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cadd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85715,
    "c": 0.16322,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADD51

secondary

#45389B

accent

#3EEA55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADD51

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

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