#CADE3B#CADE3B

#CADE3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.179 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADE3B
RGB	rgb(202, 222, 59)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -26.36, 72.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 77.04, 110.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0797 0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.179 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2691, 65.1156, 14.0046)
Luminance	0.6512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADE3B #4F3BDE

analogous

#DEA13B #CADE3B #78DE3B

triadic

#CADE3B #3BCADE #DE3BCA

tetradic

#CADE3B #3BDEA1 #4F3BDE #DE3B78

square

#CADE3B #3BDEA1 #4F3BDE #DE3B78

split-complementary

#CADE3B #3B78DE #A13BDE

monochromatic

#7A8817 #A9BC20 #CADE3B #D8E76F #E6F0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CADE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#CADE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADE3B

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADE3B	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cade3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 222, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.179 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee87d',
    500: '#cade3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cade3b;
$custom-light: #dee87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cade3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.362,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85773,
    "c": 0.17856,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADE3B

secondary

#3B2F8E

accent

#3AEE50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADE3B

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

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