#CADE46#CADE46

#CADE46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.172 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADE46
RGB	rgb(202, 222, 70)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 68.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -25.81, 68.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 73.35, 110.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.0772 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.172 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5851, 65.2420, 15.6686)
Luminance	0.6524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADE46 #5A46DE

analogous

#DEA646 #CADE46 #7EDE46

triadic

#CADE46 #46CADE #DE46CA

tetradic

#CADE46 #46DEA6 #5A46DE #DE467E

square

#CADE46 #46DEA6 #5A46DE #DE467E

split-complementary

#CADE46 #467EDE #A646DE

monochromatic

#80901A #AFC423 #CADE46 #D9E77A #E8F1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CADE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#CADE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADE46

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADE46	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cade46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 222, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.172 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde882',
    500: '#cade46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cade46;
$custom-light: #dde882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cade46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.895,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85846,
    "c": 0.172,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADE46

secondary

#403395

accent

#3BED53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADE46

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

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