#CADE48#CADE48

#CADE48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.171 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADE48
RGB	rgb(202, 222, 72)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 67.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -25.70, 67.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 72.63, 110.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.0767 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.171 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6493, 65.2676, 16.0067)
Luminance	0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADE48 #5C48DE

analogous

#DEA748 #CADE48 #7FDE48

triadic

#CADE48 #48CADE #DE48CA

tetradic

#CADE48 #48DEA7 #5C48DE #DE487F

square

#CADE48 #48DEA7 #5C48DE #DE487F

split-complementary

#CADE48 #487FDE #A748DE

monochromatic

#81911A #B0C524 #CADE48 #D9E77C #E8F1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CADE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#CADE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADE48

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADE48	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)

#EDD331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cade48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 222, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.171 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde883',
    500: '#cade48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cade48;
$custom-light: #dde883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cade48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85861,
    "c": 0.17069,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADE48

secondary

#413496

accent

#3CEC53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADE48

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

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