#CADD55#CADD55

#CADD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.160 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADD55
RGB	rgb(202, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -24.40, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 67.21, 111.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.0718 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.16 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8543, 64.9260, 18.3929)
Luminance	0.6492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADD55 #6855DD

analogous

#DDAC55 #CADD55 #86DD55

triadic

#CADD55 #55CADD #DD55CA

tetradic

#CADD55 #55DDAC #6855DD #DD5586

square

#CADD55 #55DDAC #6855DD #DD5586

split-complementary

#CADD55 #5586DD #AC55DD

monochromatic

#88991F #B5CC29 #CADD55 #DAE788 #EAF1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CADD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#CADD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADD55

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADD55	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cadd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.160 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde78b',
    500: '#cadd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cadd55;
$custom-light: #dde78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cadd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.382,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8575,
    "c": 0.16017,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADD55

secondary

#47399D

accent

#3EEA56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADD55

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

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