#CADE49#CADE49

#CADE49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.170 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADE49
RGB	rgb(202, 222, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -25.64, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 72.26, 110.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% -0.0764 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.17 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6822, 65.2808, 16.1799)
Luminance	0.6528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADE49 #5D49DE

analogous

#DEA849 #CADE49 #7FDE49

triadic

#CADE49 #49CADE #DE49CA

tetradic

#CADE49 #49DEA8 #5D49DE #DE497F

square

#CADE49 #49DEA8 #5D49DE #DE497F

split-complementary

#CADE49 #497FDE #A849DE

monochromatic

#82921A #B0C624 #CADE49 #D9E77D #E8F1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CADE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#CADE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADE49

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADE49	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cade49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 222, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.170 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde884',
    500: '#cade49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cade49;
$custom-light: #dde884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cade49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.054,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85868,
    "c": 0.17002,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADE49

secondary

#423497

accent

#3CEC53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADE49

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

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