#CADE33#CADE33
#CADE33 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.183 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #CADE33 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(202, 222, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 72%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 77%, 87%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(9%, 0%, 77%, 12.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.50, -26.70, 74.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.50, 79.44, 109.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.73% -0.0812 0.1636) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.73% 0.183 116.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.0773, 65.0389, 12.9944) |
| Luminance | 0.6504 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 1.69
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 4.21
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 4.47
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 5.81
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 6.27
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 6.27
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#CADE33 #4733DE
analogous
#DE9D33 #CADE33 #74DE33
triadic
#CADE33 #33CADE #DE33CA
tetradic
#CADE33 #33DE9D #4733DE #DE3374
square
#CADE33 #33DE9D #4733DE #DE3374
split-complementary
#CADE33 #3374DE #9D33DE
monochromatic
#758215 #A4B61D #CADE33 #D8E768 #E5EF9C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#CADE33 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.01
#CADE33 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #CADE33
14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##CADE33 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##CADE33 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 14.01 | 14.01 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.01 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.01 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EED200
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD443
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7D1BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #cade33; /* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 222, 51); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.183 116.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dee879',
500: '#cade33',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #cade33; $custom-light: #dee879; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#cade33",
"rgb": {
"r": 202,
"g": 222,
"b": 51
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.018,
"s": 72.152,
"l": 53.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85729,
"c": 0.18266,
"h": 116.4
},
"luminance": 0.65038
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#CADE33
secondary
#382D88
accent
#39EF4E
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#16160A
muted
#84847D