#CADE44#CADE44

#CADE44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.173 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADE44
RGB	rgb(202, 222, 68)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 69.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -25.92, 69.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 74.05, 110.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0776 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.173 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5230, 65.2171, 15.3417)
Luminance	0.6522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADE44 #5844DE

analogous

#DEA544 #CADE44 #7DDE44

triadic

#CADE44 #44CADE #DE44CA

tetradic

#CADE44 #44DEA5 #5844DE #DE447D

square

#CADE44 #44DEA5 #5844DE #DE447D

split-complementary

#CADE44 #447DDE #A544DE

monochromatic

#7F8E19 #AEC222 #CADE44 #D9E778 #E7F0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CADE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#CADE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADE44

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADE44	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cade44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 222, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.173 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee881',
    500: '#cade44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cade44;
$custom-light: #dee881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cade44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.792,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85832,
    "c": 0.17327,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADE44

secondary

#3F3394

accent

#3BED52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADE44

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

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