#CADE2A#CADE2A

#CADE2A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.187 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADE2A
RGB	rgb(202, 222, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 73%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 81.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -27.02, 77.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 81.79, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.0827 0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.187 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.8978, 64.9670, 12.0487)
Luminance	0.6497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADE2A #3E2ADE

analogous

#DE982A #CADE2A #70DE2A

triadic

#CADE2A #2ACADE #DE2ACA

tetradic

#CADE2A #2ADE98 #3E2ADE #DE2A70

square

#CADE2A #2ADE98 #3E2ADE #DE2A70

split-complementary

#CADE2A #2A70DE #982ADE

monochromatic

#6F7B13 #9FB01B #CADE2A #D7E65F #E4EE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CADE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#CADE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADE2A

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADE2A	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)

#EED200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7D1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cade2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 222, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.187 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee875',
    500: '#cade2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cade2a;
$custom-light: #dee875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cade2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85687,
    "c": 0.18654,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADE2A

secondary

#342A82

accent

#38F04C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADE2A

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

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