#CADD56#CADD56

#CADD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.159 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADD56
RGB	rgb(202, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -24.33, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 66.80, 111.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.0715 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.159 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8943, 64.9420, 18.6036)
Luminance	0.6494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADD56 #6956DD

analogous

#DDAC56 #CADD56 #87DD56

triadic

#CADD56 #56CADD #DD56CA

tetradic

#CADD56 #56DDAC #6956DD #DD5687

square

#CADD56 #56DDAC #6956DD #DD5687

split-complementary

#CADD56 #5687DD #AC56DD

monochromatic

#889A1F #B6CD29 #CADD56 #DAE789 #EAF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CADD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#CADD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADD56

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADD56	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)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cadd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.159 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde78b',
    500: '#cadd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cadd56;
$custom-light: #dde78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cadd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8576,
    "c": 0.15938,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADD56

secondary

#483A9E

accent

#17CE31

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADD56

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

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