#CADD59#CADD59

#CADD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.157 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADD59
RGB	rgb(202, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.48, -24.11, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.48, 65.58, 111.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0706 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.157 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0177, 64.9913, 19.2536)
Luminance	0.6499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADD59 #6C59DD

analogous

#DDAE59 #CADD59 #88DD59

triadic

#CADD59 #59CADD #DD59CA

tetradic

#CADD59 #59DDAE #6C59DD #DD5988

square

#CADD59 #59DDAE #6C59DD #DD5988

split-complementary

#CADD59 #5988DD #AE59DD

monochromatic

#8A9C20 #B7CF2A #CADD59 #DAE78C #EAF2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CADD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#CADD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADD59

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADD59	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cadd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.157 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde78d',
    500: '#cadd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cadd59;
$custom-light: #dde78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cadd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.636,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85788,
    "c": 0.15699,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADD59

secondary

#493BA0

accent

#18CE32

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADD59

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

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